Thursday 28 01 10 13:25 UTC
For the first time ever, studies in Mexico and Africa, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate a reduction in diarrheal disease deaths following rotavirus vaccine introduction in Mexico and vaccine efficacy among impoverished populations in Malawi and South Africa. |
Friday 22 01 10 13:09 UTC
AHF’s Magic Johnson ‘Testing America’ Tour, a six month, 48 state national cross country HIV testing tour, will tumble into Albuquerque, New Mexico for a testing event at El Mezquite Market from 10am to 2pm Friday January 22nd. Free testing will take place on AHF’s new, state-of-the-art ‘Testing America’ mobile HIV testing unit. AHF is working in conjunction with New Mexico AIDS Services, a respected local non-profit HIV/AIDS organization. |
Thursday 14 01 10 17:42 UTC
A chronology of key events |
Wednesday 13 01 10 07:25 UTC
moksha8 and BioCryst today announced that moksha8 has been granted approval from COFEPRIS (The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk) in Mexico for the importation and use of peramivir in patients with influenza associated with the 2009 H1N1 influenza A strain. |
Monday 23 11 09 10:45 UTC
Kate Joynes-Burgess reports on how Mexico's drug violence is affecting a rural Mennonite community in the north of the country. |
Thursday 19 11 09 14:14 UTC
Plans are afoot to create the world's largest underwater museum in Mexico as part of a bid to protect Cancun's coral reefs, and bring tourists back to the region. |
Saturday 24 10 09 06:46 UTC
The Washington Post examines H1N1 vaccine supplies across the U.S.: "With only a fraction of the tens of millions of doses of vaccine that authorities predicted would be available arriving in states, cities and towns, public health officials who spent months planning for a massive immunization program are instead scrambling to parcel out their limited supply of nasal sprays and shots," the newspaper writes. |
Wednesday 14 10 09 06:36 UTC
New studies suggest that "[d]eveloping countries with limited access to advanced health-care facilities may be in for a rough ride with swine [H1N1] flu and even countries with high-tech ICUs may find themselves pushed to the limit as their hospitals struggle to save gravely ill H1N1 patients," the Canadian Press reports. |
Monday 12 10 09 17:35 UTC
Critical illness from 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico occurred among young patients, was associated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and shock, and had a fatality rate of about 40 percent, according to a study to appear in the November 4 issue of JAMA. |
Wednesday 07 10 09 08:40 UTC
Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, Secretary of Health, United States of Mexico, discussed preparations and responses to the H1N1 influenza during a visit to Washington D.C. |
Tuesday 06 10 09 23:30 UTC
The Government of Mexico today hosted a meeting with senior officials from Canada and the United States as part of ongoing North American efforts to address the challenges posed by the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) |
Monday 21 09 09 11:17 UTC
In addition to the Lancet's recent publication of an opinion piece and letter by 18 doctor association leaders about the potential health risks associated with climate change, the journal includes an editorial about sexual and reproductive health and climate change and a comment on the upcoming Copenhagen conference in December (9/19). |
Thursday 17 09 09 12:04 UTC
As the world braces for the coming winter flu season, health officials in Mexico expect to battle an anticipated rise in H1N1 flu cases with interactive visual communication systems from Polycom, the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communication solutions. |
Wednesday 16 09 09 13:12 UTC
When the hitherto undetected A(H1N1) influenza attacked Mexico explosively in late April 2009, the world watched with critical attention as that country's leaders scrambled to manage the emerging public health crisis. |
Wednesday 16 09 09 09:03 UTC
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Monday 14 09 09 17:06 UTC
Agence France-Presse examines the re-emergence of polio in Afghanistan, which is one of four countries where the disease is endemic. According to AFP, "Health care, or the lack of it, is one of many problems facing Afghanistan, eight years after a war to topple the extremist Taliban regime and the arrival of billions of dollars in international aid." Although UNICEF recently launched a three-day immunization campaign in the country, the "ongoing Taliban insurgency, virulent in the south -- Helmand, Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces in particular -- has meant many children are not being reached," AFP writes (O'Donnell, 9/14). |
Monday 24 08 09 06:16 UTC
Lancet World Report examines the factors contributing to a steady uptick in the number of dengue fever cases in Mexico over the past decade. Compared to the year 2000, when "there were 1,781 reported cases … Last year, the number totalled 33,000, according to Mexico's Public Health Department. And confirmed cases this year have already surpassed 2008 figures by 15%," according to the journal. |
Thursday 20 08 09 22:40 UTC
Mexico's economy shrank by 10.3% between April and June as the global downturn hit exports and swine flu hit tourism. |
Sunday 16 08 09 12:48 UTC
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon says he will propose a free trade agreement with Brazil, during a trip to the country. |
Wednesday 12 08 09 01:17 UTC
President Obama together with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper "vowed on Monday to fight the spread of the H1N1 swine flu," during their summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, Reuters reports. |
Sunday 09 08 09 22:27 UTC
President Barack Obama expresses support for Mexico's war on drug cartels, at a three-way summit with Canada. |
Thursday 06 08 09 10:13 UTC
US counter-narcotics funds for Mexico could be held up after a senior senator questions Mexico's human rights record. |
Wednesday 05 08 09 06:39 UTC
MEXICO'S swine flu caseload rose by almost 1000 in five days, taking the total soaring above 17,000. |
Wednesday 05 08 09 03:45 UTC
MEXICO has recorded a big jump in swine flu cases with more than 1100 new infections in just five days, taking the total number soaring above the 17,000 mark, the health ministry said today. |
Wednesday 05 08 09 00:53 UTC
PAHO on Monday announced it had found Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 (swine) flu along the Texas-Mexico border, Agence-France Press reports. The discovery of several cases in El Paso and McAllen, Texas, adds the U.S. to a growing list of countries with antiviral-resistant H1N1, such as Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong and Japan. "Experts had gathered in La Jolla on Monday to discuss the response to the outbreak, and warned that resistant strains were likely emerging because of overuse of antivirals like Tamiflu," the news service writes (8/3). |
Wednesday 29 07 09 05:42 UTC
MEXICO City has introduced free insurance for tourists in a bid to bring back visitors scared away after the swine flu epidemic. |
Tuesday 28 07 09 18:55 UTC
With the swine flu epidemic dominating the thoughts of Government ministers as the number of cases continues to rise Sir Gus O'Donnell the Cabinet Secretary has told his staff that he intends to head to Mexico for his summer holiday. |
Friday 24 07 09 22:19 UTC
Telegraph.co.uk
![]() First swine flu victim was baby girl in Mexico
Times Online
The first victim of the swine flu pandemic appears to have been a six-month-old baby girl in Mexico, health officials said. The unnamed “patient zero” — who ... |
Friday 24 07 09 21:00 UTC
MEXICO'S first known swine flu case was a six-month-old baby girl in a northern part of the country who had no known contact with pig farms, the head of a laboratory studying the virus said yesterday. |
Friday 24 07 09 03:03 UTC
Telegraph.co.uk
![]() Swine flu: Mexico's patient zero is baby girl
Telegraph.co.uk
Mexico's first known swine flu case was a six-month-old baby girl in a northern part of the country who had no known contact with pig farms, ... |
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