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Thu, 2017-09-21 17:07 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on discussions about issues involving Puerto Rico.

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FEMA Allocates over $1 billion to Mitigate Future Disaster Hazards in Puerto Rico

Mon, 2022-11-28 11:22 — mike kraft
Over $1 Billion in FEMA Funds to Mitigate Future Disaster Hazards in Puerto Rico - HS Today To date, over 6,300 projects to rebuild public buildings, roads and other spaces in the communities have benefited from mitigation funds. Homeland Security Today Hstoday
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Puerto Rico: The eco-friendly homes that didn’t lose power after Hurricane Fiona

Thu, 2022-09-22 10:45 — mike kraft
The eco-friendly homes that didn’t lose power after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico Story at a glance  Thousands of people in Puerto Rico are still without electricity and clean water after Hurricane Fiona struck the island on Sunday.  The hurricane reached the island’s … Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech The Hill

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Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 positive rate jumps from 2% to over 30% in just two weeks

Mon, 2022-01-03 12:53 — mike kraft
Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 positive rate jumps from 2% to over 30% in just two weeks ABC News ABC News

Just two weeks ago, Puerto Rico had a COVID-19 test positivity rate of 2% -- the lowest it had ever been, according to the island’s health department COVID-19 dashboard.

As of Monday, that rate (an indicator of community spread) jumped to 33%, an explosive increase that tracks with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant and has sparked concerns among the scientific community and health officials on the island.

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Puerto Rico leads nation in Covid-19 vaccinations, White House says

Thu, 2021-10-21 10:37 — mike kraft
Puerto Rico leads nation in Covid-19 vaccinations, White House says Puerto Rico leads all states and U.S. territories in Covid-19 prevention and vaccination rates, according to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. NBC News

Puerto Rico leads all states and U.S. territories in Covid-19 prevention and vaccination rates, the White House said.

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CDC adds 7 destinations to 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk list, including Puerto Rico and Switzerland

Mon, 2021-08-30 19:34 — mike kraft

CDC adds 7 destinations to 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk list, including Puerto Rico and Switzerland | CNN Travel

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Education Secretary announces Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4B in US pandemic funds

Mon, 2021-06-28 16:55 — mike kraft
Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4B in US pandemic funds SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic relief funds to help boost the U.S. territory’s fight against COVID-19. AP NEWS

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic relief funds to help boost the U.S. territory’s fight against COVID-19.

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Puerto Rico enacted strict Covid measures, lessons for the Mainland

Mon, 2021-03-15 10:22 — mike kraft
Puerto Rico enacted strict Covid measures. It paid off, and it's a lesson for the mainland. Puerto Rico used curfews and rigorous sanitary measures, "and the pandemic was never politicized," a health expert said. It saved lives — and its health care system. NBC News

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For Puerto Rico, the Return to Business as Usual is Slow

Mon, 2018-03-19 08:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

In Humacao, a city on the eastern coast just north of where Hurricane Maria’s eye passed, power poles and lines still litter the ground in some areas. PHOTO: ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Six months after Hurricane Maria, as many as 7,000 of the island’s small businesses remain closed

wsj.com - by Arian Campo-Flores - March 19, 2018

 . . . Though economic activity in Puerto Rico has picked up in recent months, businesses large and small are struggling. Electricity woes continue to plague the island, where 91% of power generation has been restored but the grid is prone to sudden outages. Insurance money has arrived slowly, with $1.7 billion paid in residential and business claims as of Jan. 31—about 40% of the expected total, according to the island’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.

And the market is shrinking as a result of an accelerating exodus of Puerto Ricans fleeing conditions on the island.

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Zika Linked to a Spike in Birth Defects in the U.S.

Sat, 2018-01-27 09:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - CDC - MMWR - Population-Based Surveillance of Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection — 15 States and U.S. Territories, 2016

time.com - by Alexandra Sifferlin - January 25, 2018

Areas in the United States where Zika spread locally, like Florida and Texas, experienced a spike in birth defects.

According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), areas in South Florida, parts of Texas and Puerto Rico saw a 21% increase in birth defects strongly linked with Zika in the last half of 2016, compared to the first part of the year.

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CLICK HERE - CDC - NEWSROOM RELEASE - More birth defects seen in parts of U.S. with local Zika spread

 

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U.S. Study Sheds Light on How Zika Causes Nerve Disorder

Fri, 2017-12-15 01:19 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

FILE PHOTO: An aedes aegypti mosquito is pictured on a leaf in San Jose, Costa Rica February 1, 2016. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate/File Photo

CLICK HERE - STUDY - CDC - EID - Postmortem Findings in Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Zika Virus Infection

reuters.com - by Julie Steenhuysen - December 13, 2017

A new study sheds light on how the mosquito-borne Zika virus causes a rare neurological condition, and the findings could have implications for companies working on Zika vaccines, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday . . .

 . . . To study the nerve disorder, Dr. Tyler Sharp of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Dengue Branch in San Juan and colleagues in Puerto Rico examined the rare case of a 78-year-old man from San Juan who had been infected with Zika in 2016, developed Guillain-Barre and subsequently died.

An autopsy showed inflammation and erosion of the protective sheath known as myelin in two nerves, but no evidence of the Zika virus in nerve cells.

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