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What is the FDA?

The US FDA is the Food and Drug Administration . FDA is responsible for:   Protecting the public health by assuring that foods are safe, wholesome, sanitary and properly labeled; human...

Doctors flee Puerto Rico for US mainland

Johnson & Johnson Unit Cuts 200 Puerto Rico Jobs

From Associated Press (July 17, 2012) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A spokeswoman for McNeil Consumer Healthcare says the company is eliminating 200 jobs at a Puerto Rico plant that makes Tylenol. Vice Pre...

Puerto Rico's Caribbean Imaging and Radiation Therapy Center Orders Elekta's New Versa HD System for Treatment of Cancer Patients

PONCE , Puerto Rico , May 17, 2013 /- Serving a region of 650,000 inhabitants in southern, central and western Puerto Rico , Caribbean Imaging and Radiation Therapy (CIRT, Ponce , PR) C...

J&J's $225M expansion plan in Puerto Rico would create 308 jobs

Johnson & Johnson plans to spend $225 million to increase operations of its four manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico.  -More- 

Puerto Rico could extend medical device tax

A 4% tax levied by Puerto Rico on manufacturers of medical devices in 2010 was to decrease until it hit 1% in 2016, but now g -More- 

Puerto Rico sees sharp spike in dengue cases

(AP) — The number of detected dengue cases is running at above-average levels as Puerto Rico enters the peak season for the painful disease.

Dengue Epidemic Declared in Puerto Rico

(MedPage Today) -- Puerto Rico is in the grip of an epidemic of dengue fever that has killed six people, according to the territory's health secretary.

The People’s Parrot: the First Community-Sponsored Genome

Bio-IT World  | Researchers in Puerto Rico have taken the concept of public funding for genome research to a new level. Paid for with money raised from art and fashion shows and private donations...

Improved Enzyme Activity and Stability in Polymer Microspheres by Encapsulation of Protein Nanospheres.

Skin cancer in Puerto Rico: a multiannual incidence comparative study.

BACKGROUND: The incidence of skin cancer continues to increase worldwide. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of skin cancer in Puerto Rico in a selected year (2005) and to compar...

Cancer in Puerto Rico: disease burden, public policy, research and training.

Cancer research training in Puerto Rico: challenges and opportunities.

Erratum to: Genotypic Characterization of Environmental Isolates of Cryptococcus gattii from Puerto Rico.