SAN JUAN – The flu season is far from over — and spreading to the Caribbean. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is reporting the flu
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Puerto Rico Gets Boost In Cold-Storage Capacity For Vaccines
SAN JUAN — Direct Relief is equipping 89 health facilities across Puerto Rico with 164 FDA-compliant, pharmaceutical-grade refrigeration units – expanding the island’s capacity to
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BUG OFF! Ticks, Mosquitoes and Fleas: Products of Summer Weather … On Increase
MIAMI — The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in
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SHIP SHAPE? Filthy Cruise Ships Failing Record Number of Cleaning Inspections … And It’s Making People Sick
MIAMI — Cruise lines have never had a cleanliness problem this big. In 2017, cruise lines failed their sanitation inspections at the highest rate ever since
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BITING WORMS: British Couple Sits on the Beach In Martinique and Gets Hookworm In Their Behinds
FORT-DE-FRANCE — One tourist couple visiting a Caribbean beach got some itchy visitors of their own. According to a report by Live Science, the British couple
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Ship Famous For ‘Poop Cruise’ Fails CDC Inspection … ‘Flies In Food Prep Areas’ of Carnival Triumph
MIAMI — Flies in the food preparation areas. Milk, cheese, eggs and yogurt kept in too-hot temperatures. Soiled and clogged machinery. These were some of
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Wants To Know What Water-Borne Diseases Virgin Islanders Have Been Exposed To After The Storms
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-Mass.) [ad name=”HTML-68″] BOSTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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