Nearshoring picked up steam when the covid-19 pandemic exposed the considerable risks inherent in the supply chains for numerous critically important products and intermediate goods for which there was often a single supplier
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López-Gatell has — fairly or unfairly — become the target of both praise and criticism, even more than the secretary of health himself, Jorge Alcocer
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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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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The American Benevolent Society (ABS) will host its annual health fair on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Christ Church, located at Montes Escandinavos 405 in Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec. During the fair, medical professionals from the ABC Medical Center will administer vaccines against influenza (Fluzactal Tetra), pneumonia (Pulmovax) and
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO While Mexico’s covid-19 czar, Undersecretary of Public Health (SSA) Hugo López-Gatell, proclaimed in April that the country had finally overcome the coronavirus pandemic, the incidence of the disease has once again begun to tick upward, with more than 18,000 cases confirmed in the first week of June. Between Sunday, May 29, and Saturday, June 4, the country
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OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO For four Mexican opposition political parties, it is the lull before the storm, scheduled for Sunday, June 5, when elections for governor will be held in six states. For sure the leaders of those parties are keeping up the competitive spirit, claiming the candidates they support will come out victors, a hope contenders claim is wishful
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Wednesday, April 13, that his administration will begin vaccinating children against covid-19 starting in May, as long as Mexico receives the needed vaccines from the Covax (United Nations Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility) mechanism. “We have paid in advance for a batch of vaccines from the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Several major Mexican insurance companies announced this week that they will no longer cover covid-19 patients who have not received at least one dose of the vaccine against the disease. Sura, for example, stated that as of Jan. 10, any insured person of legal age who does not have at least one dose of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As expected, U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday, Dec. 2, that all travelers entering the United States from abroad will be required to have a covid-19 antigen test within 24 hours before boarding their plane, starting Monday, Dec. 6. Previously, international travelers were required to have the test within 72 hours of their flight.
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By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER There is no doubt that the Mexican government’s hasty declaration that the covid-19 pandemic is over was motivated by politics and economic interests, not medical science. The administration of leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) didn’t even wait until the daily coronavirus death toll had dropped before issuing a jump-the-gun covid all-clear “green” infection risk
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