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Peruvian writer Vargas Llosa and Mexican singers Juan Gabriel and Vicente Fernández all got mentions from the president this week.

Cooking with firewood, diesel and gas all add to climate change and is harmful to health. So innovators have launched solar cookery enterprises that could transform Mexico’s fossil fuel-dependent businesses.

At present out of the 110 vaccines under clinical development globally, only eight are intranasal vaccines and three are oral vaccines

When biologist Adriana Gómez Bonilla started her job at the College of Michoacán, Zamora, in September 2014, she never imagined she would become an expert on labor rights. “It wouldve seemed like the farthest thing to me,” she says. But after 4 years, she was driven out of her job and into activism. Managers at Mexicos National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt)—the countrys federal science funding agency—pressured her to resign in March 2018, citing poor evaluations, which sh...

This Mexican will work with NASA to find out if we are alone in the Universe Luis Welbanks was selected by NASA as one of 24 new fellows for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP). Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Email May 12, 2021 4 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Are we alone in the universe...

MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) - Mexico aims to have developed a vaccine against Covid-19 that could be granted approval for emergency use by the end of this year, a senior official said on Tuesday (April 13). Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, head of the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), told a regular news conference that the vaccine under development known as "Patria" could be granted approval in November or December of this year. Clinical trials with volunteers could begin this month, ...

EFEMexico City 13 Apr 2021 The director-general of Mexicos National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, speaks on 13 April 2021 during Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors regular daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico. EFE/Sashenka Gutierrez The director-general of Mexicos National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, speaks on 13 April 2021 during Mexican Presid...

Turkey enters partial lockdown during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan From CNNs Gul Tuysuz People break their fast during Ramadan in front of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul on April 13. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that a partial lockdown over the first two weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan would be put into place from Wednesday. The new restrictions, announced on Tuesday, come as the country continues to see a rise in coronavi...

Dr. Fauci says Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause “isn’t a cancellation” From CNNs Aditi Sangal and CNN Healths Naomi Thomas Vials of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in San Rafael, California, on March 25. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is only a pause – not a cancellation – and he doubts it will extend for weeks to months. On Tu...

Mexico aims to have own vaccine approved for use by end-2021 Reuters 1 hr ago MEXICO CITY, April 13 (Reuters) - Mexico aims to have developed a vaccine against COVID-19 that could be granted approval for emergency use by the end of this year, a senior official said on Tuesday. Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, head of the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), told a regular news conference that the vaccine under development known as "Patria" could be granted approval in November or ...