Health

Eight of the ten zika cases that have appeared in the country are concentrated in the province of Puntarenas. Of the eleven cantons that form the coastal province, seven have had infected people so far.This information follows an analysis done...

On Tuesday the Ministry of Health gave its endorsement for the country to administer its first vaccine for preventing dengue, confirmed Minister Fernando Llorca.Dengvaxia is the name of the medication, which for now will only be available at the private...

Join the movement celebrating International Yoga Day June 21st 2016, for the second year in a row, Costa Rica is one of the best countries in the world to practice and live yoga, with some of the highest ranked yoga...

Practicing yoga has been around for thousands of years as a way to bring together mind and body. This calming exercise is not just for experienced adults, but is also a great way to release tension and pressures for...

Costa Rica, located in Central America, is already known for its beautiful coastlines, but these days, it is also becoming known for its abundance of healthy people. While a lot of this could be because of less stress and...

The Costa Rica News has teamed up with several studios from around the country to offer free yoga classes to those interested as a way to celebrate International Yoga Day on Tuesday, June 21st! Some of the studios that...

The ticos are happy people, but not just any happy people - the happiest of all of Latín America. That is what the World Happiness Report of 2016 revealed, who again gave Costa Rica the crown of happiness, since...

Yoga lifestyle is a life of balance between “cleaning mind,& body” and “spreading the light”.  Thus yoga lifestyle is about purifying the mind and keeping the body healthy.  We have to be clean and pure to catch the light...

With international yoga day coming next Tuesday I decided to look into exactly how yoga can make a difference in one’s life. As someone who’s always been into running and traditional weight lifting I’ve often struggled with flexibility and many...

Yoga, meaning union, is a centuries old discipline that originated in India and involves the use of specific body postures to achieve a variety of goals including simple meditation, more enhanced breathing control, a healthier lifestyle, and the transformation...