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Mexico’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

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Mexico 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

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Mexican 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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Mexican Schools Close as Children’s Covid Cases Increase

By KELIN DILLON Barely one full week after their reopening, 39 Mexican public schools once again temporarily shuttered their doors to in-person classes after a number of their student populations tested positive for covid-19, said Secretary of Public Education (SEP) Delfina Gómez on Tuesday, Sept. 7. A total of 88 schools throughout Mexico reported positive cases, representing .06 percent of

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AMLO’s Office Denies Huge Number of Information Requests

By KELIN DILLON According to figures from Mexico’s National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) presidential office is among the top 10 least transparent agencies in the government, based on it having one of the lowest response rates to public requests for information. The Office of the

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AMLO Authorizes States and Companies to Access Vaccine

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Friday, Jan. 22, that municipal and state governments, as well as private enterprises, will be allowed to acquire and distribute covid-19 vaccines. Speaking in his daily morning press conference at the National Palace, AMLO said that he had instructed the Mexican Public Health Secretariat (SSA) to

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Mexico to Purchase 250,000 Doses of Pzifer Covid Vaccine

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Wednesday, Dec. 2, that the government will purchase an initial stock of 250,000 covid-19 vaccines from the multinational pharmaceutical giant Pfizer as soon as the vaccine is approved by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris). Speaking at his daily press conference at

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