Op-Ed: USVI Needs Infrastructure to Increase Physical Activity

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Op-Ed: USVI Needs Infrastructure to Increase Physical Activity

Lyña E. Fredericks, the acting director of the Division of Chronic Disease and Prevention at the USVI Department of Health, couples the idea of improving infrastructure with exercise and better health for Virgin Islanders.

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