UNAM Warning: Imminent Risk of Measles and Rubella Resurgence in Mexico

UNAM Warning: Imminent Risk of Measles and Rubella Resurgence in Mexico

In a recent alert issued by the University Research Program on Epidemiological and Emerging Risks (PUIREE) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Mexican population was warned about the imminent risk of a resurgence of measles and rubella cases in the country. Given this situation, various entities have urged their inhabitants to complete … Read more

National Blood Transfusion Guide: People Deprived of Liberty Can Donate After 12 Months

National Blood Transfusion Guide: People Deprived of Liberty Can Donate After 12 Months

National Transfusion Guide indicates that they must have spent 12 months in freedom CATALINA CRUZ According to the National Blood Transfusion Guide of the Federal Ministry of Health, people who were deprived of their liberty can donate blood after 12 months from the last day of their confinement. The document states that “People who have … Read more

IMSS Achieves Historic Multi-Organ Procurement Milestone in Villa de Álvarez, Colima

IMSS Achieves Historic Multi-Organ Procurement Milestone in Villa de Álvarez, Colima

Written in MEXICO on 7/1/2024 · 4:33 p.m. Villa de Álvarez, Colima.- The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Colima announced a significant milestone by carrying out the first multi-organ procurement of the year in Zone General Hospital (HGZ) No. 1 in Villa de Álvarez, Colima. The donation was possible thanks to a brave gesture … Read more

IMSS Colima Achieves First Proxy Multi-Organ Donation in 2024

IMSS Colima Achieves First Proxy Multi-Organ Donation in 2024

The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Colima announced in a statement that it achieved the first proxy multi-organic at the beginning of the year 2024 and it was at the Zona General Hospital (HGZ) No. 1 in Villa de Álvarez, Colima. Dr. Francisco Manuel Escalante Nieto, head of the Medical Benefits Services Headquarters, reported … Read more

IMSS in Baja California Sur Continues Covid-19 Vaccination Priority

IMSS in Baja California Sur Continues Covid-19 Vaccination Priority

In the medical units of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Baja California Sur, the application of the Covid-19 vaccine continues to be a priority, reported the Nursing and Public Health coordinator, Irma Elisa Gallegos Palafox. This vaccine is available in all Family Medicine Units (UMF) and IMSS hospitals; In addition, interested parties can … Read more

75% of Abdala Covid Vaccine Doses Administered at Drive Thru Vaccination Module in Mexico

75% of Abdala Covid Vaccine Doses Administered at Drive Thru Vaccination Module in Mexico

75% of the doses they apply are to combat Covid with the Abdala vaccine, from Cuba Up to 100 doses per day are applied in the Drive Thru vaccination module of the Social Security Medical Institute (IMSS)installed in front of the Plaza de Toro, on Calzada Independencia. This module has doses against Human papillomavirus, influenza … Read more

Online universities: an empowerment resource for older people – La Voz de Michoacán

Online universities: an empowerment resource for older people – La Voz de Michoacán

Life expectancy in the world has been increasing. According to data from National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) The current life expectancy in Mexico is 73.8 years for men and 78.6 years for women. In this scenario, the decision of older adults to study university is not only an act of academic pursuit, but … Read more

Brother of the actress and director Ángeles Cruz, among the victims of the massacre in Oaxaca – La Voz de Michoacán

Brother of the actress and director Ángeles Cruz, among the victims of the massacre in Oaxaca – La Voz de Michoacán

Editorial / La Voz de Michoacán Oaxaca. The renowned actress and film director originally from Oaxaca, Ángeles Cruz, demanded that the governor of said entity, Salomón Jara, guarantee the lives of the inhabitants or resign, confirming that her brother was one of the victims of the ambush perpetrated by the Wednesday afternoon in the vicinity … Read more

No lines! How to make an appointment online to donate blood in IMSS hospitals?

No lines!  How to make an appointment online to donate blood in IMSS hospitals?

On social networks, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), announced that it has a site that allows people to register if they are interested in being donorswith this they seek to speed up procedures that on many occasions become long and tiring. During the newsletter, the director of the Central Blood BankÓscar Zamudio Chávez, reiterated … Read more

IMSS to Administer Over 1 Million Pneumococcal Vaccines in Mexico City – World Pneumonia Day

IMSS to Administer Over 1 Million Pneumococcal Vaccines in Mexico City – World Pneumonia Day

Mexico City. The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) will apply one million 317 thousand 329 pneumococcal vaccines as part of the Universal Vaccination Sector Program 2023 to children under one year of age, with the purpose of protecting them against diseases caused by pneumococcus. Within the framework of World Pneumonia Day, Dr. Iván Medina Mora, … Read more