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Dengue Fever Costs Puerto Rico Nearly $38M A Year, Study Shows
"The costs of treating and coping with dengue fever in Puerto Rico total nearly $38 million a year, a new study," published Wednesday in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, finds, according to U.S. News & World Report. "It also said that every $1 spent on surveillance and prevention of the mosquito-borne disease could save $5 in illness-related costs," the news service reports (5/2). "A team of researchers from Brandeis University says households in the U.S. territory pay almost half of that cost, with the government and insurance companies splitting the rest," the Associated Press/Seattle Times notes (5/2).
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