How US hurricane relief and health care policies leave Puerto Rico behind

In the span of a few short years, the residents of Puerto Rico endured a series of devastating storms—including Hurricanes Irma, Maria, and Fiona—and were faced with hundreds of earthquakes. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, stressing the island’s health care infrastructure when it was already compromised. “Puerto Rico has experienced multiple, compounding disasters in recent years. It’s been a recipe for health care challenges, to say the least,” said Anna-Michelle McSorley, a postdoctoral associate at the NYU School of Global Public Health and the NYU Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health. In an article published in the American Read More