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Puerto Rican woman becomes first female psychologist on major American Medical Association panel

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Idalia Massa is a native of San Lorenzo and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Idalia Massa became the first psychologist to join the Panel of Editors of the important American Medical Association's (AMA) Compensation Guidelines.

Massa, who currently resides in Denver, Colorado, was nominated by the American Psychological Association to represent the field at the U.S. level on the prestigious committee.

Then, last week the AMA accepted and appointed the Puerto Rican to the panel, which was celebrated by the APA for being the first time that someone from the field of psychology is on the panel.

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Zika epidemic no longer an international emergency

Submitted on 21 November 2016 - 2:40pm

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Geneva - David Heymann, president of the emergency committee from the World Health Organization (WHO), announced that the Zika virus epidemic, which has affected 75 countries, is no longer an international emergency.

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Study confirms link between Zika virus and microcephaly

Submitted on 22 March 2016 - 12:21am

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LONDON - 1 in 100 women infected with zika virus during the first trimester of pregnancy runs the risk of the fetus developing microcephaly, according to a study published in the journal "The Lancet".

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ZIka vaccines might arrive too late

Submitted on 14 March 2016 - 12:33am

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Ginebra - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that the vaccine against Zika virus might arrive to late to have a real impact on the current epidemic going on in Latin America.

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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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Puerto Rican works with several NGOs on HIV in Latin America and Puerto Rico

Submitted on 22 June 2015 - 11:04am

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Carlo André Oliveras Rodríguez, works in public health with HIV patients in Latin America and Puerto Rico.

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The relationship between phone anntennas and human health

Submitted on 2 December 2013 - 11:44am

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Abraham Ruiz García

This article summarizes several articcles that have studied the correlation between the exposure to cell phones towers and the risk to develop cancer. Although several studies suggests that the number of people developing cancer is related to the proximity to a cell phone tower, in Puerto Rico there are no regulations about where is the less dangerous to place these towers,

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