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Costa Rica records 2,954 cases of syphilis and a 12% increase...

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Costa Rica announces covid-19 vaccines are not mandatory

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Covid symptoms have changed: now there is persistent cough and shortness...

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Lack of data on covid-19 creates a feeling that Covid is...

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Monkeypox: When could we have a vaccine in Costa Rica?

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Demographer warns that the number of deaths from Covid-19 is a...

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number of cases of monkeypox in the country increases to three

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First case of monkeypox confirmed in Costa SRica

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New ‘Tico variant’ of the coronavirus is confirmed in the southern...

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Monkeypox: Costa Rica has ruled out six suspected cases

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118 thousand were immunized against seasonal influenza in the first four...

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Synthetic drug use raises concern among Costa Rican youth

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Unprecedented: Costa Rica’s Three Branches of Government Are Led by Women

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Costa Rica’s crime-prevention message meets a budget-cut test

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Laura Fernández compares her own life path to that of the...

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Synthetic drug use raises concern among Costa Rican youth

Q COSTA RICA — Older adolescents and young adults are among the groups most often consuming synthetic drugs in Costa Rica, according to Mario Sánchez, an investigator with the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) Anti-Drug Unit. The warning comes alongside a marked increase in forensic findings: between 2017 and 2022,...