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Zika virus outbreak could be possible in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 26 January 2016 - 12:54pm

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Marga Parés Arroyo

The CDC has announced that given the climate conditions in Puerto Rico there could be a zika virus outbreak in the near future.

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Lack of resources to treat rabies in humans in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 21 December 2015 - 11:36am

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Every year there are cases of rabies in humans in Puerto Rico, but there are not resources to treat or prevent the spread of the disease.

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Ponce Health Sciences University Attracts Top-Tier Medical Researchers to Address Growing Health Disparities Among Hispanics

Submitted on 1 December 2015 - 1:39pm

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PONCE, PUERTO RICO--(Marketwired - Nov 12, 2015) - The Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), a fully accredited U.S. medical school, has announced the hiring of two leading researchers to address growing disparities among Hispanics and other minorities in the United States. Dr. Harold Saavedra, cancer biologist from Emory University, and Dr. Devin Mueller, neuroscientist of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, both have been awarded prestigious RO1 grants by the National Institutes of Health, which will be the basis of their work at Ponce Research Institute.

UPR researches: a dengue vaccine

Submitted on 5 November 2015 - 2:12pm

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Diálogo Digital

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RONALD ÁVILA CLAUDIO

The Medical Sciences Campus at the University of Puerto Rico is working on developing a vaccine to prevent Dengue. Dr. Carlos Sariol is leading the research on Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine Base don Alphavirus Replicons.

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Puerto Rican physician recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics

Submitted by Yaihara Fortis Santiago on 10 August 2015 - 11:00am

Dr. Luisa Alvarado, Graduate Medical Education Director at the Hospital Episcopal San Lucas in Ponce was invited to be a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Sociaty of Research in Pediatrics.

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CDC conducted study about lead levels in Puerto Rican children

Submitted on 6 July 2015 - 12:43pm

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The CDC and the Department of Health conducted a study about lead levels in Puerto Rican children. The results of the study were published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.

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