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Puerto Rico’s higher death rate was in part due to a COVID spike early last year that killed more than 2,300 people, according to official data. Puerto Rico experienced more than 35,400 deaths in 2022, which is almost 3,300 more than expected yearly, based on historic...
The Biden administration announced recently that the U.S. will no longer be in a COVID-19 emergency as of May 11, which means that an estimated five to 14 million Americans could lose access to health insurance via Medicaid.
Pointing out the more than 84,000 COVID-19 deaths in Florida since the start of the pandemic, House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell opposes what she calls DeSantis’ “dangerous message from the anti-vax establishment.”
The governor announced that he is creating the “Public Health Integrity Committee,” which includes prominent opponents of lockdowns, federal vaccine mandates, and child vaccinations.
Florida was the only state that declined to preorder the vaccines. It also prohibited county health departments from distributing or administering the shots.
US regulators authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, but Gov. DeSantis decided not to facilitate their distribution, delaying their availability in children’s hospitals and other facilities that have relied on state distribution of the shots.
Masks are no longer mandatory on public transportation nationwide, despite the rise in COVID cases. Meanwhile, Puerto Rico has increased its safety measures to stop the spread of COVID.
The decision goes against the CDC, which has urged parents to get their children vaccinated.
Gov. Pierluisi announced new and the extension of measures to deal with the pandemic, at a time when cases related to the omicron variant continue to decline.
Experts said that this figure could be even worse if the measures that have been in place during these two years had not been taken.
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“This age group will be able to spend holidays with friends and family more safely than they have been able to since the start of the pandemic,” said Dr. Jennifer Shu.
“For those having trouble finding a location or making an appointment, we’re going to make it easier than ever,” President Joe Biden.
Parents on both sides of the controversial issue weigh in, as the government is challenged to offer solutions that allow parents to work from home.
Study after study has found that women, particularly women of color, have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic toll, losing jobs and leaving the workforce in alarming numbers.
A Dominican beauty salon owner was hit hard by the pandemic as she struggled without government loans. But despite the hardships, this fearless luchadora refuses to lose hope.
The National Latino Evangelical Coalition’s priority is to make sure Latinos understand the difference between COVID disinformation and facts.
This Puerto Rican grandmother’s ordeal to get the vaccine began in December, leaving her frustrated and “emotionally drained.”
“A vaccine that’s inexpensive, that’s a single dose, and that has no cold-chain requirements—that’s pretty good,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci.
At least three cases of the easily spread variant are confirmed. Experts encourage people to continue with safety measures and the vaccination process.
Although widespread across the state, the cases are concentrated in South Florida’s Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties.
The appointments will be by invitation only to those patients that meet the current criteria.
Mutations of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa appear more contagious.
The CDC restrictions will go into effect on Jan. 26 and will likely affect vacations in Mexico, which is where Americans have been traveling the most.
Biden’s first full day in office proves a commitment to science and exemplifies something the Trump administration failed to have: a national strategy.
To a devoted Puerto Rican second grade teacher in Florida’s hard-hit Orange County, this news comes as no surprise.
Biden’s speech represented a sharp contrast from the one delivered four years ago by the now former President Donald Trump, who spoke of “American carnage”—a grim yet accurate foreshadowing for an administration
“Vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable and needy,” Pope Francis said.
Health officials announced that California’s Disneyland would reopen as the first large ‘Point-of-Dispensing’ COVID vaccine site in Orange County.
Estas son algunas de las localidades y condados que proveen la vacuna contra el COVID-19 a lo largo del estado.
