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

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Minister of Health will criminally denounce doctors who refuse to be...

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Pharmacies could sell any Covid-19 vaccine authorized by regulatory agencies

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More than 159 thousand vaccines against Covid-19 arrive this week

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Seniors generate long lines to get vaccinated (without an appointment) at...

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Pediatrician who refused to be vaccinated was infected with covid and...

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Pfizer has delivered 25% of the covid-19 vaccines purchased by the...

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75,000 vaccinations this coming week seems a lot

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Health does not rule out containment measures due to the increase...

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Deaths associated with covid-19 displaced heart attacks as leading cause of...

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Costa Rica monitors five more cases of variants of the covid-19...

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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,...