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Mexico registers a rebound in COVID-19 infections

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is causing an increase in infections in Mexico. Hospitalizations haven’t increased, although this progress has been slower than in the pandemic’s fourth wave, according to health officials on Tuesday, June 21. Hugo Lopez-Gatell conducted the morning press conference from the National Palace as the Undersecretary...

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According to local health officials, a US resident with monkeypox bolted from a clinic in a Mexican vacation and disappeared.

The middle-aged Texan man escaped the clinic in Puerto Vallarta on Mexico’s Pacific last sunday despite medical professionals telling him he should be checked for monkeypox and put in seclusion, according to the medical board. The patient reported “cough, chills, muscle soreness, and pustule-like sores on his forehead, neck, and...

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The sale of vape pens is prohibited in Mexico

Mexico has outlawed the sales of vape and e-cigarettes, with more limits on cigarette consumption on the horizon. Officials in Mexico have prohibited the sale of vape pens, citing concerns about the health consequences of vaping. President Manuel Lopez Obrador announced the change on World No Tobacco Day, and it was...

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Paho Recommended Immunization: Influenza Impacts Mexico

Dr. Carissa Etienne, Head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), says there seems to be a sharp rise in infected patients across Central America and the Caribbean: Etienne said while PAHO’s weekly presentation on COVID-19 in the Americas today that influenza occurrences in the area had been extraordinarily low...

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