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Education & Health
with Joaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico Senate approves immigrant student equity bill, 20-4
Sen. Nitza Morán's Bill 1062 would write existing Education Department protocols into law: no enrollment discrimination by immigration status, student-data confidentiality, and staff procedures for immigration actions. It now goes to the House.
108 students walked the floor where Puerto Rico just opened a $20M biotech incubatorRafael Ortiz MedinaMovimiento Victoria Ciudadana seeks stronger ICE student protections in Puerto Rico schoolsSenate recognizes Hospital San Juan Capestrano for clinical qualityJoaquín Santiago NievesThirteen Aguada students inducted as official school patrol officersUPR Mayagüez Professor Awarded NSF Grant For Desalination TechPuerto Rico teachers march on La Fortaleza in 'Manifestación de la Indignación'Joaquín Santiago NievesUPR law clinic forum examined hospital abandonment of older adultsJoaquín Santiago NievesCatholic University Law School in Ponce marks 65 years on Nov 6Joaquín Santiago NievesHospital Auxilio Mutuo holds diabetes prevention health fair in Puerto RicoNearly half a million Puerto Rican adults live with diabetes, officials estimatePuerto Rico Senate approves bill protecting immigrant student rightsNavarro Suárez files bill to allow cameras in senior care roomsJoaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico National Guard launches residential youth academy with 230 participantsRSV cases in Puerto Rico jump 51% in a weekJoaquín Santiago NievesViolence and bullying incidents under investigation at Guánica schoolBristol Myers Squibb employees run cancer patient support event in Puerto RicoAlex Cora joins Puerto Rico health foundation public campaignPuerto Rico National Guard launches residential youth academy with 230 participantsUniversity of Puerto Rico Art Director Receives Mellon Foundation GrantTeachers' union AMPR demands release of $90.4M in back payJoaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico extends a pregnant woman's right to a companion in the ER - before labor startsJoaquín Santiago NievesPUCPR Law School to host 65th anniversary celebration November 6Puerto Rico teachers await $90.4M owed salary adjustments four months after announcementUPR Mayagüez Receives $8M NSF Grant For AI Stem Cell Research CenterEducation Department confirms damaged school will be demolishedJoaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico Family Department to relocate 3 seniors from unlicensed Carolina facilityPuerto Rico to launch new radio telescope 6 years after Arecibo collapseUPRRP and INSEC form partnership for Puerto Rico community educationPuerto Rico Health reports 22 flu deaths, 27 school outbreaks this seasonJoaquín Santiago NievesStudy finds 40 Puerto Rico towns short on child careJoaquín Santiago NievesPHSU Study Finds 36% of Puerto Rican Adolescents Have Severe Menstrual PainPuerto Rico Senate introduces ADHD Rights Charter legislative billPuerto Rican student team wins NASA competition and $50k lunar tech grantUPR Mayagüez rector cancels longstanding farmer training agreementPuerto Rico schools set 11 days without classes in NovemberJoaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico teachers part of regional survey of farm educatorsJoaquín Santiago NievesHealth Department files two bills to take over Puerto Rico Diabetes CenterMarisol Vélez CintrónASSMCA urges Puerto Ricans to heed emotional signals in Mental Health MonthJoaquín Santiago NievesComienzo Saludable program now reaches 24 municipalities in Puerto RicoJoaquín Santiago NievesC3Tec opens permanent biotech lab in Caguas for studentsTainá Morales CepedaProhibited items found in student bags at two Puerto Rico schoolsJoaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico rolls out 120-day avian flu quarantines for Cabo Rojo, LajasTainá Morales CepedaLCS Private School in Corozal named Happiest School in IberoamericaJoaquín Santiago NievesFree cancer screenings scheduled for Patillas on November 7Joaquín Santiago NievesConviction returned over 2022 patient death at Moca hospitalMarisol Vélez CintrónGovernor announces $4M to complete UPR Innovation and Technology Transfer CenterTainá Morales CepedaFDA links Great Value frozen berries, alfalfa seeds in Puerto Rico to E. coli, Salmonella outbreaksJoaquín Santiago NievesHouse Health Committee to boost oversight of care facilities for adults with disabilitiesJoaquín Santiago NievesUPR opens 'ASTRE' tech incubator at Molecular Sciences centerTainá Morales CepedaRUM professor Juan F. Medina Lee wins $517,000 NSF grantCamila Rivera AyalaDDEC opens $2M Teodoro Moscoso Scholarship for 2026-2027Tainá Morales CepedaThousands of Puerto Rico students face academic delays after Maria, quakes, pandemicCamila Rivera AyalaVoligrama Tournament draws some 300 students in CanovanasJoaquín Santiago NievesAgriculture confirms avian influenza in Cabo Rojo and LajasJoaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico Senate approves new medical reform and aesthetic services lawsSam CallowayMenonita exits Culebra health center as Health ProMed steps inSam CallowayHealth Department replaces Culebra CDT provider starting September 1Sam CallowayNuestra Escuela signs free legal services agreement in CaguasJoaquín Santiago NievesTwo Bayamón universities land on lowest four-year graduation listJoaquín Santiago NievesOxford Nanopore draws a crowd in Arecibo as genomics training takes holdTainá Morales CepedaArecibo District holds Senior Expo for graduating seniors as school enrollment keeps slidingJoaquín Santiago NievesUPR maintenance workers face safety risks while university talks medical coverage for staffSam CallowayPuerto Rico Health Dept replaces Menonita group with HealthproMed at Culebra hospitalSam CallowayITPR nursing, radiology graduates eligible for formal credit transferTainá Morales CepedaPeñuelas seventh grader develops biodegradable mulch from school plantain peelsJoaquín Santiago NievesUniversity of Puerto Rico medical campus awarded $749,800 CDC grantJoaquín Santiago NievesPuerto Rico Public Health Institute receives Excel public relations awardJoaquín Santiago NievesLab association warns federal cuts threaten 6 in 10 Puerto Rico laboratoriesJoaquín Santiago NievesUPR president says no campuses are being considered for closureJoaquín Santiago NievesHospice services in Puerto Rico represent $142M in economic activity, analysis findsJoaquín Santiago NievesUPR Hospital Dr. Federico Trilla receives three new surgical accreditationsJoaquín Santiago NievesGovernor inaugurates Vieques hospital nine years after Hurricane Maria closureTainá Morales CepedaJenniffer González inaugurates Susana Centeno Health Center on ViequesMarisol Vélez CintrónDirect Relief tops $138M in Puerto Rico work since MariaYadiel Rosario QuiñonesSin Reglas event on menopause set for Oct. 18 at ILA BuildingJoaquín Santiago NievesUPR medical school professor wins 2027 ASM Graduate Education AwardTainá Morales CepedaNuestra Escuela partners with Pro-Bono, Inc. for free legal services in CaguasJoaquín Santiago NievesEducators from Caguas region read aloud at 21st Puerto Rican Reading MarathonJoaquín Santiago NievesAdjuntas secures $200,000 for Héctor Rivera school court roofingAndrés Feliciano BurgosPuerto Rico launches AI course for 180 public-school studentsTainá Morales CepedaCaguas opens free Alzheimer's day care in CañaboncitoJoaquín Santiago NievesSenators launch first Senior Expo Level Up for Arecibo District studentsJoaquín Santiago NievesVietnam sends 44 teams to WRO International Final in Puerto RicoTainá Morales CepedaUCC coordinates dementia and pain management symposium in San JuanJoaquín Santiago NievesHealth Secretary proposes changes to bill integrating nurse practitioners as prescribersSam CallowayPonce officials hold community event on gender-based violence and mental healthSam CallowayPuerto Rico Health Dept extends HealthProMed contract for Culebra hospitalSam CallowayPonce leads Puerto Rico as COVID-19 cases jump 35% this weekSam CallowayPuerto Rico Education Department confirms teacher death in Carolina shootingSam CallowayPuerto Rico to host new Alzheimer's study for Down Syndrome patientsSam CallowayHealth officials inspect Vieques clinic as islanders face travel barriers for careSam CallowayASSMCA launches 'Hazlo Por Ti' mental health initiative in Caguas and JuncosSam CallowayAlzheimer's walk set for Salinas on Sept. 12Sam CallowayHPM Foundation to take over Culebra CDT after Mennonite Health System exitsSam CallowayPuerto Rico officials visit new CDT hospital in ViequesSam CallowayCulebra residents reject Health Secretary's temporary CDT contractSam CallowayHealth Secretary celebrates new CT scanner arrival in ViequesSam Calloway