Topic - Health

One of the more common annoyances experienced by people visiting or living in Mexico is the presence of mosquitoes.  Mosquitoes make their home here along with other apparent ‘scary’ creatures such as spiders, scorpions and snakes; but unlike the creatures that crawl, mosquitoes are far more commonly seen and felt – and thus can become more […]

It’s no suprise that the people who have found themselves particularly disadvantaged by Mexico’s recent flu outbreak are the millions of hard-working Mexicans serving the country’s tourism industry.
Hotels, restaurants and local tour operators are among those businesses that have been heavily bruised by an unprecedented downturn in visitor numbers to Mexico, and the millions of Mexican families who depend directly […]

In a press conference given earlier today, Mexico’s Health Minister, Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, stated that the key Mexican resort areas of Puerto Vallarta, Cozumel, Mazatlan, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas and Zihuatanejo have not reported a single case of the A-H1N1 flu virus.
Notwithstanding this, these areas, along with most of Mexico’s tourism industry, […]

The five day ‘shut down’ of most of the capital’s commercial outlets and public services came to an end today, as chilangos started to return to their normal activities and routines following the ’swine flu’ outbreak announced during late April.
Mexico City’s mayor enacted a series of special powers bestowed to him by the federal government, […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a micro web site on its portal to support efforts in communicating up-to-date information about the recent outbreak of swine influenza.  The new micro site is being updated on a daily basis.
In its latest update, and in a separate advice note to travelers, the WHO has, once again, […]

The Mexico Tourism Board is the quasi-autonomous marketing arm of Mexico’s Tourism Ministry, responsible for promoting Mexico nationally and internationally.
Tourism is one of Mexico’s most important sources of income, attracting some $14 billion of foreign revenues each year.  It is estimated that some ten million Mexicans depend upon tourism — directly and indirectly — as […]

Precise numbers and statistics about the current ‘swine flu’ mortality rate vary somewhat, depending on where you read them.
What is certain is that the majority of people who have died of flu in the last few weeks did not die from the ‘swine flu’ variety.  The US State Department said as much, on its latest […]

Earlier this afternoon, citing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to raise the phase category of the ’swine flu’ pandemic from Category 3 to Category 4, the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is now advising its citizens against “all but essential” travel to Mexico.
The US State Department, in its latest Mexico travel alert, cites […]

On April 22, Mexico’s Ministry of Health issued a nation-wide alert about the outbreak of a flu-like virus that has caused the deaths of some sixty people and infected many others.
Cases of the same flu virus have also been reported in the USA, although all patients recovered.
The current strain is said to be a rare […]

Mexico is host to one of the most diverse natural habitats in the world.  Its flora and fauna are the fourth most varied and diverse on the planet, after those of Brazil, Colombia and Thailand.  To accompany this diversity, Mexico is also home to a huge variety of insects, arachnids, snakes and other wild creatures.
Most, with the exception […]