By MARK LORENZANA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the acquisition of the bivalent vaccine booster produced by Pfizer-BioNTech against the Omicron variant, as well as the original strain, of the covid-19 virus. Medical experts in Mexico, however, are not too optimistic about the shots arriving in the country anytime soon. “At least in the short term,
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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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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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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican onion exporters took a big hit when the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning on Wednesday, Oct. 20, saying that fresh whole red, white and yellow onions from the northern state of Chihuahua were responsible for a salmonella outbreak that has impacted 37 U.S. states and sickened at least 600 people
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — As had been previously announced, staring in early November, all persons heading into the United States will be required to present proof of full vaccination against covid-19 by a World Health Organization (WHO)-authorized vaccine. Now that there is a need for a vaccine certificate, some in Mexico are scrambling to find
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