Health

Civic Illiteracy in times of COVID-19

During these six months of Pandemic in which we have lived under constant restrictive measures by the Ministry of Health, at some point we questioned what the behavior

More than a Million Deaths from Coronavirus in the World

The number of fatalities caused by the outbreak of the new type of Coronavirus in the world has exceeded one million 1,500. It is about 33.3 million confirmed cases, and more than 24.4 million 441 thousand recovered from COVID-19. USA:...

What the Black Death Can Teach Us About the Global Economic Consequences of a Pandemic

Fears about the contagion from the novel Coronavirus have resulted in a slowdown in the global economy. Stock markets have been affected

CCSS Considers High Risk Reopening of Clinical Practices for Medical Students in Hospitals

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) classified the reopening of clinical practices for medical students as high risk. In March of this year, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, rotating internships for undergraduate and graduate students were...

Costa Rica Evaluates Options from Six Pharmaceutical Companies for Future Purchase of Vaccines against COVID-19

Costa Rica is in talks with six different pharmaceutical companies, to make a future purchase of vaccines against COVID-19. The country counted 1,890 new cases of the virus in the last 48 hours, for a total of 65 thousand...

Proper Sleep Hygiene Will Allow You to Create Healthy Habits

There is nothing more indulgent than enjoying a deep, relaxing and pleasant night's sleep. But we can't always enjoy it. Having good sleep hygiene means creating habits that allow us to ensure a relaxed and effective sleep

Telemedicine is the Alternative in These Times of Pandemic

In these times of Pandemic that the world is experiencing with COVID-19, there are many alternatives that revolve around measures adopted to avoid the spread of the virus, the use of masks, hand washing, distancing between people

Despite Holidays, COVID-19 Contagion Rate Maintains a Downward Trend in Costa Rica

For 3 weeks, the contagion rate in the country began to decrease. Despite the long weekend between September 12 and 14, the contagion rate of COVID-19 in Costa Rica maintains a downward trend, which began three weeks ago. This...

A Notable Tico: Clodomiro Picado, the “true” Discoverer of Penicillin

The story goes that the British doctor Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin by chance in 1928 when he was working with bacterial cultures and, when he went on vacation, his samples became covered with a fungus of the Penicillium notatum...

Workers can be fired for disrespecting COVID-19 sanitary measures

Since the beginning of the pandemic, many employees have had doubts about the procedures that are presented in their work regarding the powers of companies to adhere to reductions in working hours, extensions, among others. One of the questions...
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Breeze Airways Begins Its First Week of Operations in Costa Rica with Flights from Tampa, Florida

American airline Breeze Airways successfully completed its first week of operations to Costa Rica with its first two flights...