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Monkeypox: Costa Rica has supplies for real-time diagnosis

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) provided Costa Rica with a donation that allows real-time detection of monkeypox genetic material in different...

Monkeypox vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic ready to meet demand

As the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, Danish company Bavarian Nordic has seen its order book fill up as the usually...

U.S. Drops Negative Covid Test for International Travel

The U.S. government announced that it will eliminate the requirement that U.S travelers present a negative COVID-19 test before departure. The measure is lifted...

Monkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases, WHO warns of ‘real’ risk

The risk of monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic nations is real, the WHO warned Wednesday, with more than a thousand cases now confirmed in...

Monkeypox cases could be the “tip of the iceberg”, says WHO

The 200 cases of monkeypox reported in recent weeks outside countries where it usually circulates could be the "tip of the iceberg," the World...

3 doses of the Pfizer Covid vaccine for children under 5 is safe and effective

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children aged six months to under five years when given in three doses, the companies...

Costa Rica Businesses can Deny Entry to Customers without Masks

In Costa Rica, any business (a restaurant, clothing store, movie theater, bar or hardware store) may reserve the right to refuse admission to those...

The New Costa Rica Covid 19 Executive Orders

The Costa Rica government has issued several decrees (Executive Orders) or Decretos Ejecutivos in spanish, two of which have sparked legal interest in the...

Costa Rican Government publishes decrees on Masks and Vaccination

After sending a communication to explain the delay with the publication of the decrees eliminating the mandatory use of masks and the mandatory vaccination...

Costa Rican Medical Union demands President Chaves show scientific support

The National Medical Union demanded the Costa Rican President, Rodrigo Chaves, to show the scientific support used to revoke the mandatory vaccination against covid-19. In...
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Fire in San Salvador Claims Five Lives in Historic District Blaze

A massive fire tore through makeshift homes and businesses in San Salvador's historic center early Friday, killing five people. The blaze, which started in...

Costa Rica Tops Global List as the Destination Tourists Most Want to Return To

Travelers around the world have named Costa Rica the number one country they hope to visit again, based on a new global study that...

Costa Rica Fossil Discovery Reveals Mastodon and Sloth Giants

Researchers at the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica have confirmed a major paleontological find in the province of Cartago: fossil remains from a mastodon-like...

Suspect Held in Killing of Chilean Activist in Costa Rica

Agents from the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) arrested a 28-year-old man surnamed Pérez as the main suspect in the homicide of Francisco Ojeda Garcés,...