AMLO Proposes Three Women for Vacant Supreme Court Position
López Obrador’s shortlist is made up of María Estela Ríos, Bertha Alcalde Lujan and Lenia Batres, all of which have ties to the National Regeneration Movement
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After Years of Delay, Mexico Launches Proprietary Covid Vaccine
Three years after Mexico announced the development of its own covid-19 vaccine, Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology Director María Elena Álvarez-Buylla revealed that the “Patria” vaccine is finally ready and has been approved for inoculation against covid-19
Read moreMorena Members Shatter INE Exam Score Ceiling
The INE knowledge exam covers topics such as constitutional law, governmental law, electoral law and human rights
Read moreMexico’s Counterfeit Drug Industry, an Open Secret
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — In the last two years, the pharmaceutical industry in the world has had to work at a forced march. The excessive demand for medical supplies and the extreme pressure for the creation of drugs for a virus that was then technically new to humanity impacted the global production line of drugs. This pandemic also brought
Read moreMexico Approves Use of Second Cuban-Made Covid Vaccine
By MELISSA T. CASTRO Mexico’s Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), announced late Saturday, Nov. 19, that the Cuban-made Soberana vaccine has been approved for nationwide use against covid-19. The Soberana vaccine, uses a conjugate of the receptor-binding “S” protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus recombined with a tetanus toxoid. Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell had
Read moreHealth Authority Warns Vapers against Ingesting ‘Cockroach Poison’
By MARK LORENZANA Alejandro Ernesto Svarch Pérez, head of Mexico’s Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), warned on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 18, that vaping devices and electronic cigarettes use cartridges with “vaping oil” that contain linalool — a substance used to kill pests such as flies and cockroaches — and ingesting it through vaping can be
Read moreBirmex Admits Failure to Distribute Meds in Mexico
By MARK LORENZANA Even as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) confidently claimed that in 2023 Mexico is “going to have a first-rate health system, one of the best in the world, universal for all” on the morning of Monday, Aug. 22, during his daily morning press conference, state-run drug distributor Biological and Reagent Laboratories of Mexico (Birmex) admitted
Read moreGovernment Triples Subsidy of AIFA, Despite Limited Daily Flights
By MARK LORENZANA The federal government of Mexico has tripled the amount planned to subsidize the operations of the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) this year, with the average cost per passenger exceeding 4,700 pesos. Originally planned at 419.4 million pesos, the annual subsidy for the operation of the AIFA has risen to 1.3 billion pesos, an increase of
Read moreMexico Soon to Roll Out Covid-19 Jabs for Ages 5 to 11
By MARK LORENZANA Children in Mexico between 5 and 11 years of age will soon get a covid-19 jab, Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell announced on Tuesday, June 14. López-Gatell, in his weekly health report, announced during Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) morning press conference that the government has acquired 8 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine to
Read moreMexican Navy Now Oversees Medications, All Medical Permits
PULSE NEWS MEXICO In yet another step toward the full militarization of the country (the Army and National Guard are already overseeing more than 30 activities that were, just three years ago, considered the sole domain of civil authorities), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Tuesday, June 7, that the country’s Navy (Semar) has now taken full
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