Costa Rica is fighting an uphill battle against two mosquito-borne diseases this year, with dengue cases climbing sharply and malaria showing signs of resurgence...
Costa Rica’s public health system depends on a single machine at Hospital México to provide an important form of cancer treatment, leaving patients vulnerable...
The Ministry of Health is investigating active hepatitis A outbreaks in Desamparados, Hatillo and Hospital, three heavily populated areas of San José. Health teams...
Five dental clinic groups received a new certification this month aimed squarely at foreign patients, the clearest signal yet that Costa Rica intends to...
COVID-19 has once again become the most widely circulating respiratory virus detected in Costa Rica, as health officials urge residents to take basic precautions...
A rabies outbreak that killed three cattle in southern Costa Rica has prompted renewed warnings for ranchers and pet owners to keep animals vaccinated,...
Costa Rica's flavored vape restrictions were scheduled to take effect August 6, 2026. A July decree pushed them to 2027. Here's what actually applies now.
The CDC refreshed its Costa Rica chikungunya notice on July 30, but Health Ministry data now puts a second cluster well inland of the province it names.
Students from Costa Rica’s public universities marched through San José yesterday protesting a government proposal that would keep university funding essentially flat in 2027...
Costa Rica has started a new campaign warning travelers not to remove wildlife, plants or other natural specimens after officials confiscated 4,366 animal and...
A Limon judge rejected a request to jail the wife of extradited trafficking suspect Edwin Lopez Vega for a year, imposing a travel ban instead. Prosecutors have appealed.
