Health

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  Judge Gelpí rebukes Puerto Rico government for blaming fiscal board

  Health Department acknowledges it failed to use $19.6 million in program funding since fiscal...

  • Posted December 5, 2019
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  Food Safety Modernization Act workshop to be held Thursday

  To educate about FDA-enforced law imposing safer nationwide standards

  • Posted November 20, 2019
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  Legislation introduced to expand Medicare Part D low-income subsidies to U.S. territories

  Bipartisan bill would allow residents of Puerto Rico, other U.S. territories to become eligible...

  • Posted October 16, 2019
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  Resident commissioner, Puerto Rico gov discuss alternatives to halted $1.5B in federal Education funds

  Government faces various hurdles before receiving federal allocations

  • Posted October 10, 2019
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  Medtronic invests $50 million in Puerto Rico expansion

  Increased manufacturing capacity expected to create over 500 jobs

  • Posted October 9, 2019
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  Mitigation Plans for Coastal Municipalities Do Not Include Dealing with Sargassum

  Represents growing health, economic concerns

  • Posted September 25, 2019
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  Puerto Rico included in federal budget measure

  Island counting on continuing resolution to address health funding

  • Posted September 18, 2019
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  Gov. Vázquez to Congress: Without funding, Puerto Rico can’t run Medicaid program

  Requests allocation so efforts ‘to retain health professionals and provide...treatment will not be lost’

  • Posted September 17, 2019
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  Upcoming FDA guidelines to control e-cigarette use

  Nextgen Pharma: Our Cannabis vaping products are safe

  • Posted September 11, 2019
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  AbbVie, Direct Relief provide medical supplies for emergency response

  In backpacks designed to support rescuers, first aid personnel

  • Posted August 22, 2019