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A Deadly Tropical Disease Pops Up On The U.S. Mainland For First Time

The bacteria can cause severe illness SAN JUAN — The bacteria behind the potentially fatal disease melioidosis has been found in United States soil for the first time, the Centers…

John McCarthy July 31, 2022

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If You Want The World’s Cleanest Air, Try Moving To The U.S. Virgin Islands

CHRISTIANSTED — At least four million people die each year due to outdoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organization, a leading global network of public health experts. Air particulates with a diameter…

VI Free Press March 23, 2022

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Caribbean Leaders Grateful That COVID-19 Vaccine Has Trickled Down To Them, Thanks Largely To India

ROSEAU — As the leader of a small Caribbean island still struggling to rebuild nearly four years after a devastating hurricane, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit never thought he would get…

VI Free Press February 22, 2021

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CVS Rejects Purdue Student’s Puerto Rican ID, Asks For Immigration Papers To Buy Cold Medicine

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — CVS officials say they are investigating a claim by a Purdue University engineering student who said he was denied the purchase of an over-the-counter cold medicine…

VI Free Press November 3, 2019