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Patillas to get free cancer screenings as Mobile Oncology Unit visits on November 7
Metro Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Activates Airport and Port Surveillance After Plague Case in Russia and Historic U.S. Measles Surge
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Rolls Out 34 Marches and the "I Want You In My Future" Campaign Against Breast Cancer
Metro Puerto Rico
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San Juan Allocates $1.73 Million for Solar Batteries for 400 Residents Who Depend on Electrical Medical Equipment
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Puerto Rico Launches the PRHIE: The System That Will Make Your Medical Record Travel With You Between Hospitals
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Nine Years After Maria: Vieques Opens Its New $85.5 Million Hospital
El Nuevo Día
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ASEM and HURRA to receive up to $500,000 each to prepare for Ebola and other high-risk pathogens
Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico
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Health Department and Pediatric Hospital launch "Your Silence Marks Them" campaign after 12,005 child abuse referrals so far in 2026
Metro Puerto Rico
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Caguas Opens First Free Daytime Care Center for Alzheimer's Patients as the Island Faces a Projected Surge in Cases
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One in Eight Babies Born Premature in Puerto Rico: March of Dimes Marks 30 Years, Launches 2026 March for Babies
El Nuevo Día
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Forensic Sciences Institute Pushes Bill to Speed Up Hiring of Forensic Pathologists Amid National Shortage
El Nuevo Día
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Health Department Tightens School Protocol After 16 Flu Outbreaks and Nine Deaths So Far This Season
Metro Puerto Rico
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ASSMCA reports 13.5% drop in Puerto Rico suicide deaths, but warns men over 50 remain at highest risk
Metro Puerto Rico
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Board removes executive director of Puerto Rico's Cardiovascular Center amid labor crisis
El Nuevo Día
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Puerto Rico's double vaccine season kicks off: 46,690 flu doses given as new COVID-19 formula arrives
Metro Puerto Rico
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ASEM opens bidding for new Trauma Hospital at Centro Médico, announces nearly $16.5 million in upgrades
Metro Puerto Rico
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One hundred transplant patients gather in Orocovis: a guide to registering as an organ donor in Puerto Rico
Metro Puerto Rico
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HealthProMed Takes Over Culebra's CDT on Tuesday: Here's What Changes for Patients
El Nuevo Día
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Vieques Finally Gets Its CT Scanner: Installation Within Days, Opening Targeted for September
Departamento de Salud
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COVID climbs to 1,306 weekly cases in Puerto Rico as children lead infections
El Vocero
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First in the Caribbean: Oncology Hospital earns excellence accreditation in cancer rehabilitation
El Vocero
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UPR races the clock so more than 800 union employees are not left without health coverage
elvocero.com
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Fourth annual health fair brings free specialists and medical equipment to Vieques, still without a hospital
Primera Hora
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Senator Proposes Recognizing Extreme Heat as an Official Cause of Death in Puerto Rico
Metro Puerto Rico