{"id":1504,"date":"2021-12-08T09:32:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:32:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:32:30","slug":"the-hidden-culprit-stealing-peoples-breath-in-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/2021\/12\/08\/the-hidden-culprit-stealing-peoples-breath-in-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden culprit stealing people\u2019s breath in Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a Puerto Rican, I know that many of our communities are still suffering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Mar\u00eda on September 20, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Post-storm headlines highlighted increased mold and asthma spikes. But difficulties breathing in Puerto Rico are not new: the island can literally take your breath away.<\/p>\n<p>Puerto Ricans are disproportionately affected with asthma: Adult asthma rates are 1.3 times higher than in the U.S., and Puerto Rican children are twice as likely to be afflicted as compared to U.S. children. Asthma, a complex disease influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, not only impacts individuals\u2019 daily routines but also costs the U.S. economy more than $80 billion per year due to medical expenses, missed work or school, loss of productivity, and transportation expenses.<\/p>\n<p>By: Lorraine N. V\u00e9lez-Torres &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ehn.org\/puerto-rico-hurricane-2655887289\/post-hurricane-fungal-spore-spikes\">https:\/\/www.ehn.org\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Read more&#8230;&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;sm&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ehn.org%2Fpuerto-rico-hurricane-2655887289%2Fpost-hurricane-fungal-spore-spikes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a Puerto Rican, I know that many of our communities are still suffering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Mar\u00eda on September 20, 2017. Post-storm headlines highlighted increased mold and asthma spikes. But difficulties breathing in Puerto Rico are not new: the island can literally take your breath away. Puerto Ricans are disproportionately affected&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-news","category-6","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/12\/fungi-asma.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/micro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}