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

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Half of the Costa Rican population already has at least one...

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Dengue regresses almost 300% in Costa Rica

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482,000 vaccines against covid-19 arrive in Costa Rica on Thursday

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Do not accept irregular offers of anticovid vaccines; Caja reports missing...

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Contagions, hospitalizations and deaths associated with covid-19 decrease during the last...

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President confirms efforts to vaccinate undocumented migrants

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Caja applied 507,000 doses in 10 days; 45% population vaccinated

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Having both vaccines against Covid-19 avoids being hospitalized for Delta variant...

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Covid-19 robbed Costa Rican population 60,170 years of life between the...

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250,000 more vaccines arrive Thursday night

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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,...