By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Costa Rica, the National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission (CNVE) indicated that immunosuppressed people are included within the population to be vaccinated...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews With the back-to-back lethal cases of the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri this month–in California and North Carolina–I wanted to...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Costa Rica Ministry of Health has reported a 280 percent drop in dengue fever cases during the first half of the year. Since the beginning of 2021, health authorities...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to the Costa Rica Ministry of Health, during the week ending July 17, 9,189 cases of COVID-19 were reported, a slight decrease from the week prior. However,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Costa Rica Health Surveillance Directorate is reporting a significant decline in diarrhea cases, which they say is due to the health measures implemented to prevent...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated a previous travel notice on dengue fever in the Americas this week. Dengue is an ongoing risk in many parts of Central...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Costa Rica health officials announced that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the country Wednesday evening. The first batch of 9,750 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health announced Friday an additional 1,132 COVID-19 cases, bringing the country total to 150,947 confirmed cases. Of this total, 112,622 people have recovered...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Costa Rica health officials report that through the end of October, the number of dengue fever cases in the country has exceeded the total in all of 2019. The country counted...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 COVID-19 On Saturday, the Ministry of Health reported 1,100 new cases of COVID-19, of which 275 are by epidemiological link and 825 by laboratory, for a total of 123,223 confirmed...