Health

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Americans, yet to discover how Obamacare will affect their coverage and savings in the coming years, patients and baby-boomers are choosing a growing health care phenomenon abroad called medical tourism.Lack affordable health insurance...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica recorded a total of 41,510 cases of dengue fever, of which 111 were of the severe hemorrhagic variety, but the authorities have not recorded any deaths so far, official sources said...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - So far this year, 30,134 health products have been seized entering Costa Rica. However, it is unknown how many of these are products for performance enhancing steroids for athletes.Four high-level cyclists have been...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The II National Youth Survey  revealed that 44.5% of sexually active Costa Ricans, aged between 15 and 35, never used condoms during intercourse.The survey, conducted by the Council of Young Persons (CPJ in Spanish),...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Brazilian government donated to the Social Security Fund of Costa Rica a total of 300 bottles of a product used in diagnostic tests for tuberculosis.The Costa Rican Foreign Ministry expressed its gratitude...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The death toll from influenza A in Costa Rica this year rose to nine, with a total of 120 people have been hospitalized, sources said from the Ministry of Health.The doctor Henry Wasserman,...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla promised that health authorities will not lower their guard in the fight against dengue virus that has affected 17,000 people in Costa Rica so far this year.The president...

Medical tourism is gaining more and more traction these daysIn response to exhausting wait times and skyrocketing costs, people from the U.S. and Canada are beginning to seek out international doctors for the surgeries, dental work, and preventative care...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Government of Laura Chinchilla signed a regulation obliging tobacco companies to place prevention messages on cigarette packs.The regulation indicates that 50% of the envelope of cigarette packs must be covered with pictograms,...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Ministry of Health of Costa Rica declared by health alert because of the increased cases of dengue, which now has reach 11,672, four times more than the same period last year.Costa Rican...