Mathematician Predicts 64,000 Covid Deaths in Mexico in 2023
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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Navigating Mexico: This Is Your Mother Speaking
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
Read moreMexico Approves Use of Second Cuban-Made Covid Vaccine
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
Read moreBirmex Admits Failure to Distribute Meds in Mexico
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
Read moreCanada Donates 3.1 Million Covid Vaccines to Mexico
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
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 moreOn the Mark: The Consequences of Personal Choice
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
Read moreMexico’s Opposition Parties Hang Tight for Next Election
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
Read moreMexico Registers Steady Decline in Covid Cases over Four Straight Months
XINHUA Due in large part to a government national vaccination campaign, while the incidence of covid-19 cases in the United States has tripled over the last two weeks, in Mexico they have been on the decline for the last four months, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo López-Gatell said Tuesday, May 17. While there have been some “slight variations”
Read moreAMLO to Import Infant Covid Vaccines, Hire Doctors from Cuba
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Monday, May 9, that he had signed an agreement with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel the day before in Havana to import Cuban medications — including infant vaccines against the covid-19 virus — and to hire 800 Cuban doctors. During his daily press conference at the National
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