Better US-Mexico Border Cooperation Urgently Needed
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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Mexico’s Fifth Wave of Covid
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
Read moreUS Tourist in Puerto Vallarta Confirmed to Have Monkeypox
PULSE NEWS MEXICO A 48-year-old tourist from Dallas, Texas, who was visiting the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, was confirmed on Tuesday, June 7, to have contracted monkeypox. The man, who presented at a Puerto Vallarta hospital with pustule-like lesions on May 30, allegedly fled the hospital early Friday, June 3, after doctors informed him that he could
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Missing the Concept of Face Masks
Read moreIrregularities of 40 Million Pesos Found in Highway Toll Collections
By MARK LORENZANA The Federal Roads and Bridges and Related Services (CAPUFE), a federal government agency in Mexico that operates and maintains federally owned roads and bridges, has found irregularities amounting to almost 40 million pesos related to toll collection on the Chamapa-Lechería highway in 2021. The audit has yet to be completed, so full details have not been released,
Read moreVaginal Atrophy Doesn’t Just Affect Menopausal Women
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The dryness, the itching, the chafing — vaginal atrophy, the thinning, drying and inflammation of the vaginal walls, is one of the most common yet underdiagnosed symptoms of menopause. But while it affects at least six out of every 10 Mexican women over the age of 50, the condition is not limited to those going through or
Read moreHealth Secretariat Sends out Call for 14,000 Medical Specialists
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Zoé Robledo, director of Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS), announced on Tuesday, May 24, an open call to recruit and hire medical specialists for 13,765 unfilled positions across the country. Speaking during the morning press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Robledo said that the states with the greatest need for specialists
Read moreFirst Mysterious Hepatitis Death Confirmed in Hidalgo
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Medical authorities in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo confirmed Friday, May 20, that a three-year-old child that had died the day before had succumbed to a new severe form of hepatitis of unknown origin that has been appearing in children around the world. Hidalgo authorities have reporter three more suspected cases of the
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Report on Mexico’s 100,000 Disappeared Persons
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