All posts tagged "outbreak"

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  Epidemiologist: Distancing Measures Should Help Slow Spread of Covid-19

  Characteristics of Puerto Rico Population Make Impact of Outbreak Hard to Predict

  • Posted March 17, 2020
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  Puerto Rico House committee asks US Congress to create infectious diseases research center

  Seeks to create alliance between federal, state governments to work on outbreaks after a natural disasters

  • Posted November 13, 2017
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  Florida IDs New Miami Neighborhood as Zika Zone

  MIAMI – Health officials announced Thursday a new Zika zone in Miami – a setback less than a month after declaring the nearby Wynwood neighborhood cleared of the virus following aggressive mosquito spraying. Five people have been infected...

  • Posted October 13, 2016
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  Nearly 20,000 Zika cases reported in Puerto Rico

  SAN JUAN – The number of Zika cases keeps climbing in Puerto Rico. Health Secretary Ana Ríus said Friday that more than 2,000 cases were reported in the past week for a total of nearly 20,000 cases....

  • Posted September 16, 2016
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  Puerto Rico doctors warn of scarce resources to fight Zika

  SAN JUAN – Doctors in Puerto Rico are warning that the U.S. territory does not have the resources to handle the fallout of a Zika epidemic as officials report an uptick in the number of fetuses with malformations...

  • Posted September 9, 2016
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  Blood Bank Suspends Puerto Rico Collection

  All of Servicios Mutuos' Supply Comes from US Mainland

  • Posted March 8, 2016
• US Zika Case Sparks Questions About Sex and Mosquito Germs

  NEW YORK – A sexually transmitted case of Zika in Texas has scientists scrambling to understand how much of a risk infection through sex is for the usually mosquito-spread illness. Experts still stress that mosquitoes are the...

  • Posted February 3, 2016
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• Trying to Right Itself, a Criminal Investigation at Chipotle

  NEW YORK – Chipotle reported a sales plunge of 30 percent for December after a series of food scares at its restaurants and disclosed that a federal criminal investigation tied to the sickening of customers has begun....

  • Posted January 6, 2016
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