Costa Rica News

Last year, 7,500 girls in Costa Rica received a contraceptive implant. This first part of the project was offered to girls age 20 or under at risk of pregnancy. It…

Ana Belén was told she’d have to be in a wheelchair by age 20 but it happened by age nine. Then came her miracle. She had been misdiagnosed. She had…

I like to think of the world and humanity in general as a large book, and every destination and culture as a chapter in that book. To read as many…

Dental Care Costs: United States vs Costa Rica Dental care in the United States costs significantly more than dental care in Costa Rica. It doesn’t even matter what the procedure…

30,000 people and companies are under obligation to register with Sugef before July 1 yet only 636 have done so. That represents just 2% of those required.The other 29,364 risk…

The morning after pill will be sold in Costa Rica starting next week. The company Quinfica of Costa Rica has been waiting six years to market the drug. It had…

Bayer is expanding operations in Costa Rica in which it will hire 215 people this year. The multinational company, started in Germany, announced the expansion on Wednesday, June 12th. It…

The National Children’s Hospital is at 100% occupancy due to respiratory viruses. Two children have died of influenza and the authorities are on the alert for an increase in respiratory…