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Students of Public Health Analyze Repercussions of the Incinerator

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 10:12pm

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Diálogo Digital

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The forum "Repercussions of the Arecibo Incinerator: Solution to the problem or a new problem without solution?", was presented recently by students from the Graduate School of Public Health at the Medical Science Campus from the University of Puerto Rico. Topics on the possible harmful effects on the environment and public health that can occur after the construction of the incinerator were discussed. 

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UPR Utuado celebrates Planet Earth Semester

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 10:06pm

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Diálogo Digital

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Diálogo Digital

The University of Puerto Rico at Utuado will celebrate a calendar of events of international scale on topics related to nature and the environment. 

For more information about specific events please refer to the following link:

http://www.uprutuado.edu/content/upr-utuado-celebra-semestre-del-planeta-tierra

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How to control zika, dengue and chikungunya in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 9:55pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Pedro Bosque Pérez

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can transmit the viruses that cause dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever is an insect that is easy to control with the proper sanitary measures. Taking these measures would prevent the thousands of viral infections caused by this insect in Puerto Rico every year.

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We are mosquito food

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 9:39pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Pedro Bosque Pérez

Human beings are indispensable for the survival of Aedes aegypti, since we are the most abundant food source for the mosquito responsible of transmiting viruses such as Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya. The male mosquito does not bite since it feeds from nectar. On the other hand, the female mosquito depends on our blood to develop the eggs that will allow the survival of the species. 

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Planet Mars gets close to Earth

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 9:32pm

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El Nuevo Día

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El Nuevo Dia

One of the astronomic events of the year will be the closeness between Mars and Earth on their respective orbits. Although Mars will only appear to be brigher than usual to the naked eye, this closeness will allow observers to view details on the Planet Mars, such as ice on the north pole, through their telescopes. 

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Astronomers Detect Repeating Fast Radio Burst

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 9:12pm

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Enrico de Lazaro

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious and rarely detected bursts of energy from space. They have durations of milliseconds and exhibit the characteristic dispersion sweep of radio pulsars.

These events emit as much energy in one millisecond as the Sun emits in 10,000 years, but the physical phenomenon that causes them is unknown.

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Yale and University of Puerto Rico collaborate on M.D./Ph.D. studies

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 8:55pm

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Yale Medicine

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Karen Zusi

When Daniel A. Colón-Ramos, Ph.D., arrived from Puerto Rico to begin his Harvard undergraduate career in 1994, things didn’t exactly go as planned. Moving to the campus early for a summer program, he took a taxi from Logan Airport into Cambridge. But once in his dorm room, he set down his bags and lay on the bed feeling dizzy—and by the time his roommate arrived, Colón-Ramos recalled, “I told him, ‘I’m dying. You have to take me to the hospital.’ ”

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