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

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Rapid tests to detect covid-19 can be imported and used in...

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The United States authorizes ‘anticovid pill’. Will we Costa Ricans have...

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Increase in the covid-19 rate of contagion before Christmas worries specialists

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WHO affirms that 2022 “has to be the year of the...

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Costa Rica calls for extreme sanitary measures in light of the...

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Covid-19: Contagions rise slightly; hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline

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Three positive cases associated with a child with Omicron

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First case of Omicron variant confirmed in Costa Rica

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A reminder that vehicle restrictions start at midnight starting today

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Nighttime vehicle restriction will be until minors are vaccinated and adults...

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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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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,...