There was a recent outbreak among U.S. patients who traveled to Matamoros earlier this year for surgeries, resulting in at least five suspected cases of fungal meningitis, one of whom died from the infection
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XINHUA The Mexican Public Health Secretariat (SSA) has confirmed at least 60 cases of monkeypox. Speaking during the daily morning press conference of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, July 26, SSA Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo Lopez-Gatell said that, to date, there have been no fatalities from monkeypox in Mexico. “Only about five or
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The first confirmed case of monkeypox in Mexico was diagnosed on Saturday, May 28, Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatel reported. An extremely rare disease, monkeypox is a much less severe cousin of smallpox, and has recently begun spreading beyond Africa around the globe. So far, more than 250 cases have been reported
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Thursday, April 28, all children in Mexico age 12 and over, regardless of their personal health status, will be able to register on line to receive a covid-19 vaccination, Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell announced Tuesday, April 26. “These vaccines are no longer just for girls and boys with pre-existing conditions,” said
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XINHUA Mexico has registered a downward trend in covid-19 cases for five consecutive weeks, with half of the country’s states reporting no deaths in recent days, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo Lopez-Gatell said Tuesday, March 1. Speaking during the daily press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace, López-Gatell said that currently only
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) must investigate Public Health Undersecretary and federal covid-19 czar Hugo López-Gatell for his alleged responsibility for the crime of homicide during the covid-19 pandemic, a specialized federal control judge determined on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The judge also said that López-Gatell should be investigated for “his lack of duty of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico broke another record of daily covid cases on Tuesday, Jan. 18, with close to 50,000 new cases registered by the Public Health Secretariat (SSA). In total, the SSA reported 49,343 new covid-19 infections and 320 deaths in one 24-hour period. That raises the total number of confirmed cases in the country since the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health and federal covid-19 czar Hugo López-Gatell said Tuesday, Jan. 18, that, for now at least, the acquisition and administration of the newly approved anti-covid pills will remain in the hands of the government. “Commercial registration authorizations will not, at this time, be granted for their use or administration,” he
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell said Saturday, Nov. 27, that global concerns over the new Omicron covid-19 variant are exaggerated and that “there is no scientific evidence” that the strain is more deadly. López-Gatell, who is Mexico’s covid-19 czar and who, for months, famously recommended against the use of face masks to
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Friday, Nov. 19, all Mexican minors between the ages of 15 and 17 will be eligible to receive vaccinations against covid-19, the country’s covid czar, the Public Health Secretariat’s Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo López-Gatell, said Tuesday, Nov. 16. Up until now, only high-risk minors and those with compromising pre-existing
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