Health

Costa Rica had a skilful and quick response to face the first wave of the influenza virus AH1N1.That was one of the conclusions of Mirta Roses, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), who stayed three days in...

To combat the flu, the country's social security system (CCSS) would purchase 30 X-ray machines, 97 fans, and 18,000 Tamiflu (oseltamivir) treatment dosages for patients who need it.It would also buy 70 refrigerators to store 300,000 vaccines expected to...

Quality-of-life in nations is measured using an index of 'Happy Life Years', developed at Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands. This index combines average appreciation of life with average length of life. Costa Rica is on top with 66.7...

When Pastor Dexter Lambert made his first mission trip to Costa Rica in May 2007, he was shocked by what he found.Through a family he knew, Mr. Lambert had connected with Maria Del Valle, an elder and the missions...

By Alex LeffSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Dr. Orlando Morales is something of a celebrity at Costa Rica's University of Medical Science, sauntering through the halls in his white lab coat. On a recent walk, students and faculty greeted...

Recently, the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Facilities (AAAASF) have granted three Costa Rican clinics certification which places them on equal footing with U.S. medical centers. The three clinics, Clinica UNIBE, Dental Sonrisa Para Todos and Cirugia Plastica Pino,...

The "Morning After Pill" - the emergency contraception - in Costa Rica is still far from reality for many women to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, as the law that would allow the distribution and sale of the pill...

A two-day Medical Readiness and Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, concluded in Costa Rica September 12,  2009 after bringing necessary medical care and supplies to more than 375 villagers from the remote Turrialba region of this Central American nation.Just before...

Each year, an estimated 56,300 people in the U.S. become newly infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. This number is so high in part because about one-quarter of the more than 1.1 million Americans believed to be living...

Elizabeth Kunz left her dentist's office this spring with a mouth full of problems and no way to pay for them. The South Carolina resident went out of her way, literally, to find a solution, which turned out to...