Nearly 6,000 Died in Puerto Rico From Hurricane Maria — 70 Times Official Count

(CD) — A study published Tuesday in The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that nearly 6,000 people died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, with a survey indicating the mortality rate is likely more than 70 times the highly contested official death toll of 64. Researchers with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center surveyed […]