López Gatell explained that Mexico decided to end the emergency due to a continuous downward trend in covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. In addition, the health undersecretary pointed to Mexico’s high level of immunity against the virus, either by infection or by vaccination
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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
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De Hoyos’ resume, while far from that of a career politician, speaks for itself
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For 20 years, various groups in Mexico have been seeking a ban on GMOs or transgenics
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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell has a problem with medical clinics attached to pharmacies. The clinics are a common sight throughout Mexico — and for good reason. They fill a need, especially for patients who want to see a doctor to help treat minor illnesses such as colds or diarrhea, or for a quick check-up.
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By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican government has just created three new trust funds, or “fideicomisos,” despite a decree by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in March of 2020 ordering the “extinction” of 109 trust funds to combat corruption. The beneficiaries of the three new discretionary trust funds created by the executive branch — without going through Congress — are the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s long-promised Patria vaccine against covid19 infections, announced as an emergency measure by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in the spring of 2020, is nowhere close to getting into people’s arms. According to government sources, the vaccine is currently in phase 2 testing — there are five requires testing stages for a vaccine’s
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Poorly designed, twice as expensive and scantily delivered. Those were the qualities attributed by frontline medical personnel to the Ehécatl 4T ventilators developed by Mexico’s National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt) in 2020 to confront the covid-19 pandemic. From its very first day in circulation throughout various public hospitals, the ventilator developed by
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By KELIN DILLON After recent adjustments, members of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies will now be allowed to receive more than 234,000 pesos per month in stipends without paying taxes, triple their mensual salary and standing in stark contrast to the funding decrease of the nation’s cultural and scientific sectors. Some 330 deputies receive paid airplane tickets to travel across
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), through its newly revised code of conduct, has ordered its members and researchers to not publicly criticize the organization without first going through its press office. The new terms will require that researchers “refrain from issuing negative or unfavorable comments or opinions on the agency’s policies or programs.” The
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