This is a very sad statistic. The first baby diagnosed with microcephaly was born in Puerto Rico last month. According to published reports, it was born with “severe brain defects,” as well as hearing and vision… Read More
The U.S. is fumigating Puerto Rico in several ways: a Financial Control Board will soon arrive, many beaches will be privatized, and “public private partnerships” will spring up all over the island. But the U.S. will also… Read More
When the CDC announced that 1 out of 5 Puerto Ricans (700,000 people) would contract the Zika virus in 2016, the news swept through the island. So far, there has been no drastic Zika crisis…but thanks to… Read More
Over the next seven months, 700,000 Puerto Ricans will be infected with the Zika virus. That’s 20% of the entire island, at the rate of 100,000 per month. These figures were reported by the U.S. Centers for… Read More
Dr. Anne Schuchat, the Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) declared yesterday that the Zika Virus is “scarier than we initially thought,” with serious complications for pregnant women. In a heavily attended press conference,… Read More