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Puerto Rico joins Brazil, Peru and other Latin American nations dealing with outbreaks in declaring a state of emergency over dengue fever. As of Tuesday, there have been over 3.5 million cases ...
The Puerto Rico health department has declared an emergency due to surging cases of dengue. Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that causes fever, aches, and nausea. A more serious form of dengue ...
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi was the first person to greet Harris at the airport Friday. He is locked in a tight re-election race after winning in 2020 by roughly 19,000 votes.
Puerto Rico is larger than Delaware and Rhode Island but smaller than Connecticut. The maximum length of the main island from east to west is 110 mi (180 km), and the maximum width from north to south is 40 mi (64 km). [132] Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Puerto Rico, going to a town that got federal housing funds to rebuild after Hurricane Maria and marking the island's 151st anniversary after abolishing slavery.
Effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Between September 19-21, 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the entire island of Puerto Rico and caused a major humanitarian crisis. Originally as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, Maria was the strongest storm to impact the island in nearly 90 years. Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 20 as ...
'18 Months After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Still Struggling' – video news report from Voice of America. Puerto Rico is a major manufacturer of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, which represent 30% of its economy. These factories shut down or greatly reduced production because of the hurricane, and were slowly recovering since.
Puerto Rico’s government narrowly avoided an indefinite strike at the U.S. territory’s biggest public health institution after reaching an agreement Thursday with union leaders. The looming ...