Health

Vagina Shaming. It Is a Thing

Recently I have been doing a lot of reading on this whole “Barbie” procedure that has swept the western world of plastic surgery under the title “vagina Rejuvenation” which is basically an extremely very expensive form of genital mutilation. Some...

Juan Santamaria Airport Receives Award for Promoting Health Security Measures

Costa Rica's main airport is the first institution in the country to register and obtain the "Ecological Blue Flag for the Promotion of Hygiene Protocols". This new category of the program promotes a culture of hygiene, as well as...

Sarah Gilbert: the Scientist who could Save the World from the COVID-19 Pandemic

"We had to work very, very fast", says Professor Sarah Gilbert, the Oxford University scientist knows that she is going against the clock in trying to get a vaccine to stop the Coronavirus. Together with her team - made...

BCIE Provides a Donation of US $ 500,000 to Costa Rica for the Formulation of Antibodies against the Coronavirus

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) approved non-reimbursable cooperation for the US $ 500,000 for the Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica (ICP-UCR) to support research for the production of a therapeutic formulation of...

COVID-19 in Latin America: what do the figures reveal? And what not?

It does not matter in which region or country of the world, every sick person, every death, every recovery counts. But the total numbers of infections and deaths from COVID-19 in Brazil (more than two million cases and 80...

“Linea Aquí Estoy” Will Give Psychological Support to Students and Their Families

Giving emotional support to students and their families is the goal of the “Aquí Estoy” Phone line (2272-3774), which will be available starting this month

The 5 Countries with the Best Medical Care in the World 2020

"The costs of healthcare can present such a challenge for many people that it becomes the single most important factor in choosing a retirement destination," says Dan Prescher, senior editor at International Living

Russia Will Produce Hundreds of Thousands of COVID-19 Vaccines Starting in Late 2020

Russia announced this past week that they would soon have the capacity to produce hundreds of thousands of doses of the Coronavirus vaccine every month at the end of this year and that they would raise their production to "several million" next year

UCR Delivers to CCSS First 80 Vials of Equine Serum for Treating COVID-19

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) already has in its hands the first 80 vials of the treatment against Covid-19 developed in Costa Rica, which must now be tested in hospitals. The Clodomiro Picado Institute (ICP) of the University...

Optimal Hospital Care is a Key Factor for Recovering Patients From COVID-19 in Costa Rica

The COVID-19 Pandemic has taken hold throughout Latin America with the increase in cases of contagion and Costa Rica does not escape this situation
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Laboratorio Echandi Achieves First Specialized & Study Laboratory Accreditation in Costa Rica

The Milestone: Laboratorio Echandi’s Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Department has been accredited under the INTE/ISO 15189:2023 standard, making it the...