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With the arrival in California of dengue, a dangerous mosquito-borne disease present mainly in more tropical climates, public health authorities are deploying a range of strategies to beat back the Aedes mosquitoes that spread the virus.
Abigail Matos-Pag谩n, a critical care expert who has galvanized relief efforts after hurricanes and earthquakes, is on a mission to inoculate as many Puerto Rican residents as possible.
Tension rises among residents and travelers as U.S. island territories work to stymie the coronavirus while attempting to keep their doors open to tourism.
A survey of more than 96,000 students finds that 7.2% reported 鈥渃linically significant鈥 symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.
The program that provides health care for about half of the U.S. territory鈥檚 population cannot afford to cover the drugs.
The controversy over the death toll from Hurricane Maria continues as the president tweets that the official estimate adopted by territory officials is a political ploy.
A report, commissioned by officials in the American territory, finds initial estimates were far too low, and mortality rates in the six months after the storm were 20 percent higher than normal.
The island鈥檚 government must squeeze $840.2 million in annual savings from Medicaid by 2023, part of the U.S. territory鈥檚 agreement with the federal government as Puerto Rico claws its way back from fiscal oblivion. Experts warn such drastic cuts defy actuarial science.
The estimate, published in the journal JAMA, dwarfs the government鈥檚 toll of 64 but is far lower than another highly touted analysis.
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on how the island鈥檚 mounting physician shortage is making it even more difficult to get care.
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on the challenges of providing health care to older people on the island.
Moses West a retired Army officer, is hoping to showcase his atmospheric water generator in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and stir up business.
Efforts to restore tap water service has been delayed in many rural areas of Puerto Rico, but even in the cities running water can be interrupted by electrical power outages at pumping stations.
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney, who has seen firsthand how devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria has harmed residents of Puerto Rico, discusses the new statistics on the number who perished in the storm.
KHN reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez joins in a discussion on WNYC鈥檚 鈥淭he Takeaway鈥 about health care issues following widespread destruction by Hurricane Maria on the island.
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the devastating Sept. 20 hurricane.
More than six months ago, Hurricane Maria upended routines and shuttered services on the island leading to a sense of despair and isolation, especially among older people.
More than six months after Hurricane Maria, daily life in Casta帽er, Puerto Rico, is nowhere close to normal as residents try to deal with the effects of trauma, chronic stress and the continued lack of electricity.
Since massive Hurricane Maria struck in September and knocked out the dialysis center on the tiny satellite island of Vieques, more than a dozen patients needing treatment now must fly several times a week to the main island.
Some of the safety-net programs set up after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico are being disbanded.
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