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The Covid-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico
The Covid-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico
The first reported case of Covid-19 originated in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019.
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  • Public Health
  • 02/08/2021
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The Two Epidemics of Bubonic Plague in Puerto Rico, 1912 and 1921
The Two Epidemics of Bubonic Plague in Puerto Rico, 1912 and 1921
The increased speed and size of the merchant ships of the late 19th century allowed the spread in Puerto Rico of a little-remembered pandemic, the bubonic plague.
  • EnciclopediaPR
  • Public Health
  • 23/05/2021
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From the forgotten Flu Pandemic in Puerto Rico, 1918-1919, to the beginning of Covid-19 in 2020
From the forgotten Flu Pandemic in Puerto Rico, 1918-1919, to the beginning of Covid-19 in 2020
In 1918, in the midst of a massive mobilization of troops in World War I, an epidemic of influenza AH1N1 began to spread and led to a brief but lethal pandemic.
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  • Public Health
  • 20/05/2021
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HumanitiesPR: Recent Projects
Objetos con historia: la Colección Teodoro Vidal Santoni
  • 04/05/2021

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