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Why The Zika Virus Is Causing Alarm

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Worms and Weevils Found In Rice Delivery To Hospital Mexico

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Costa Rica Decrees ‘Preventive’ Emergency Over Zika

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US, Brazil Join Forces to Fight Zika Virus

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Pregnant Tica Could Be First Indigenous Case of Zika In The...

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The Aedes aegypti or yellow fever mosquito is a vector for transmitting several tropical fevers such as Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya. Only the female bites for blood, which she needs to mature her eggs.
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Costa Rican Man Gets Reconstructed Penis After Losing His To Cancer...

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Health Officials: So Far No Evidence Zika Virus Circulating In The...

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‘Many Things We Don’t Yet Know About Zika’

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American Tourist May Be First Case of Homegrown Zika Virus

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Laura Fernández proposes that “exercise” be part of medical prescriptions

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Unemployment remains unchanged at 6.9%, but the number of employed women...

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Laura Fernández proposes that “exercise” be part of medical prescriptions

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica's President, Laura Fernández, proposed that the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)—Costa Rican Social Security System—explicitly include "sport" or "exercise" in medical prescriptions, with the goal of strengthening disease prevention and improving the population's quality of life. "I am very interested in the CCSS including...