A group of approximately 20 adolescents and children from the Zaragoza Sur colony in the city of Torreón, Coahuila has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, according to the Sanitary Jurisdiction No. 6, presumably because of water shortages. Martha Alicia Romero, Deputy Director of Health Prevention and Promotion, reported that, in the face of this situation, […]
Diabetes, the other great pandemic of the 21st century in Mexico and worldwide
The disease mostly affects strata with lower socioeconomic levels; According to a study published in The Lancet, by 2050 there could be more than 1.3 billion people diagnosed with this disease. Diabetes affects 531 million people in the world, according to data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and it is estimated that in 2030 […]
Eight suicides in 4 months inside a Morelos women’s prison
A women’s prison in Morelos, Mexico plagued by food poisoning and poor medical care has now been hit by a wave of eight suicides in the last 4 1/2 months, local authorities confirmed on Thursday, November 9th. The Federal Prisons Bureau confirmed the suicides in a statement and said it was taking steps to improve […]