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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In order to streamline the vaccination process as well as to have enough vaccines available, the ABS has asked that those wanting vaccinations to please be sure to reserve in advance and schedule an appointment
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López-Gatell’s public disdain for masks at the start of the pandemic may have only exacerbated the widespread contraction of the virus across the Mexican public
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE “Have you gotten your flu shot?” Whether your mother is asking you or not, now is the time to be scheduling that jab. Once never questioned, especially by those old enough to remember the horrors of polio, vaccines have been more in the news these days, and often with a negative taint: discovered as not
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO Mexico’s Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), announced late Saturday, Nov. 19, that the Cuban-made Soberana vaccine has been approved for nationwide use against covid-19. The Soberana vaccine, uses a conjugate of the receptor-binding “S” protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus recombined with a tetanus toxoid. Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell had
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By MARK LORENZANA Even as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) confidently claimed that in 2023 Mexico is “going to have a first-rate health system, one of the best in the world, universal for all” on the morning of Monday, Aug. 22, during his daily morning press conference, state-run drug distributor Biological and Reagent Laboratories of Mexico (Birmex) admitted
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The government of Canada donated 3.1 million dosages of Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccines to Mexico on Thursday, July 28, to be administered to minors. The vaccines, which were delivered early Thursday morning via a Federal Express (Fedex) airplane, were received by Mexican authorities at the Toluca International Airport arriving from Memphis, Tennessee. They were the first arrivals in
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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 MARK LORENZANA The best ability is availability. That quote is attributed to Brian Dawkins, the former American football safety who played 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Philadelphia Eagles. Dawkins is considered by many football experts to be one of the greatest safeties of all time. Andrew Wiggins, the starting small forward for the
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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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