All posts tagged "Ana Ríus"

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  Federal Funds Assigned to Fight Zika in Puerto Rico

  About $39M made available

  • Posted October 31, 2016
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  Health secretary rejects consolidation of hospitals proposed in draft fiscal plan

  SAN JUAN – Health Secretary Ana Ríus expressed Tuesday her disagreement with a proposal in Gov. Alejandro García Padilla’s draft fiscal plan to consolidate state-run hospitals into a single entity. Regarding the measure, which seeks to merge...

  • Posted October 18, 2016
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  New efforts in battle against Zika cause community impact

  Health secretary: We have reached about 40,000 citizens directly

  • Posted September 3, 2016
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  Influenza Cases Dropping, but People Advised to Stay Vigilant

  SAN JUAN – The Puerto Rico Health Department reported 61 new cases of influenza for the week ending Aug. 13, or epidemiological week number 32, for a total 1,344 cases for this year’s season. Last year’s season...

  • Posted August 19, 2016
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  Senator Asks CDC to Extend Coverage of Zika Detection Tests

  SAN JUAN — New Progressive Party (NPP) Sen. Ángel “Chayanne” Martínez, who heads the minority delegation in the Senate health committee, asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tuesday to extend zika detection tests...

  • Posted August 16, 2016
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  Health Department Confirms 436 New Zika cases for a Total 2,162

  Cases include 108 pregnant women, for a total of 299, and 2 cases of Guillain-Barré, for a total of 14

  • Posted June 24, 2016
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  Puerto Rico Reports 78 New Zika Cases; 785 So Far

  UN Establishes a Trust Fund to Help Combat the Virus

  • Posted May 6, 2016
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  Puerto Rico Reports First Zika-Related Death Amid Outbreak

  70-year-old man died from a drop in blood platelets

  • Posted April 29, 2016
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  Puerto Rico Sees 436 Zika Cases

  60 pregnant women infected

  • Posted April 8, 2016
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  Official: 2nd Puerto Rico Mother with Zika Has Healthy Baby

  SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s health secretary says a second mother infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus has delivered a healthy baby. Ana Ríus told WKAQ radio station on Tuesday that both babies born in recent weeks...

  • Posted March 29, 2016