The mother and child did not have the measles vaccine, according to the Health Ministry, while the father had not completed the entire vaccination series.
During the first 22 weeks of this year there were 175 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the country. Of these, 27 are women who contracted the virus during pregnancy.
Health officials reported that 93 percent of the people who died from influenza last year were not vaccinated, despite the fact that because all were members of high-risk groups, they were eligible to receive the vaccination for free.
On average 1,100 Costa Rican women are diagnosed with breast cancer and some 250 of them die each year. These figures are the highest in Central America and fourth in Latin America.
The governing party filed a criminal complaint against four Constitutional Chamber judges on Monday. Judicial unions have called a protest for Thursday, August 6.
The United States has delivered the written assurances Costa Rican courts required before Gilbert Hernán Bell Fernández, the Limón businessman known as "Macho Coca,"...
An audit put improper water, sewer and hydrant charges at roughly â‚¡65.4 billion and gave AyA and Aresep until June 2027 to define how customers will be paid back.