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

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Soon a vaccine against Chikungunya

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2,787 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, a figure that had not...

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Today’s Covid Update: Contagion rate decreases, but maintains high levels,

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Costa Rica exceeds five million doses of covid-19 vaccines received

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Vaccinated over 30 years old, second dose will be advanced to...

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Today’s COVID report: Cases, hospital admissions and deaths associated with COVID-19...

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United States Grants Full Approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 Vaccine

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Weekend Daytime Vehicular Restrictions Eliminated Starting Sept 1

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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,...