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Study by the Medical Sciences Campus reveals the immune response to Covid-19 in Puerto Rico

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Researchers from the School of Medicine of the Medical Sciences Campus (RCM) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) have found for the first time characteristics of the immune response to Covid-19 in Puerto Rico. The group of researchers, led by Dr. Carlos Sariol, Researcher and Director of the Comparative Medicine Unit and Dr. Ana M. Espino, professor and Director of the Parasite Immunology Laboratory of the Department of Microbiology, recently published the results of the study in the prestigious scientific journal Viruses.

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Investigadora boricua quiere esclarecer el efecto del COVID-19 en la salud menstrual

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Charlene N. Rivera Bonet

Research link: https://redcap.psm.edu/surveys/?s=ADHK8PN7D8 

Research by Dr. Idhaliz Flores, a molecular biologist at Ponce Health Sciences University, seeks to survey at least 500 women to determine if COVID-19 has affected their menstrual health.

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La pandemia desmejoró la salud mental de los puertorriqueños

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"It was an accumulation of many things that lead one to find oneself in that black hole where one falls." This is how Juan Ortiz described his battle against depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The thing is that you are slowly falling and you don't realize that you are there," he added.

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EXPO EMPRENDE 2021: Virtual Youth Hackathon

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El impacto de la pandemia global en la juventud de hoy es difícil de cuantificar. Muchos tuvieron que enfrentar por primera vez en sus vidas una nueva realidad de escasez, e inmensa incertidumbre. Se ha lidiado con profundos cambios en nuestra vida cotidiana, además de la falta de estabilidad económica; cancelación de graduaciones, escuelas e interacción social, así como enfrentar un futuro incierto una vez superemos el-COVID-19.

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CienciaPR launches #AquíNosCuidamosPR COVID-19 prevention campaign

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To continue promoting education for the prevention of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the non-profit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) developed the “Aquí Nos Cuidamos Toolkit” or #AquiNosCuidamosPR.

It consists of four public service campaigns with free informational and educational resources.  

The purpose of #AquiNosCuidamosPR is to empower vulnerable and marginalized communities in Puerto Rico to protect themselves and manage the emergency created by COVID-19, through science and solidarity.

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