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A team of international scientists, including Mexican researcher Nora Vázquez Laslop, has discovered an antibiotic whose mechanism of action could open new ways to fight bacterial resistance to medicines, according to new research published in the science journal Nature .   Vázquez, acting professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, helped identify the  compound manikomycin from soil bacteria ( Streptomyces rimosus ), known for decades for producing other antibiotics such as terramycin and oxytetracycline, one of the antibiotics in the tetracycline family. Nora Vázquez Laslop (third from right) and Alexander S. Mankin (far right) are co-directors of the Mankin and Vázquez Laslop Laboratory, engaged in studies of molecular mechanisms of protein synthesis. Seen here with their lab team, both are co-authors of the manikomycin study. (Mankin and Vazquez-Laslop Laboratory) Classic antibiotics usually act on the ribosome – the cellular ...

Both the United States and Mexico are making progress on actions aimed at solving the Tijuana River sewage crisis, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Last December, Mexico and the U.S. signed an agreement intended to solve the border sanitation problem plaguing the San Diego and Tijuana metropolitan areas. The signing of Minute No. 333 , as the agreement is called, targeted the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis that has long been a point of contention between the U.S. and Mexico. Mexico, US sign accord to solve toxic sewage crisis in Tijuana and San Diego On June 30, more than six months after Minute No. 333 was signed, the EPA published its second quarterly update for 2026 “detailing the implementation of two historic agreements signed with Mexico in 2025 to permanently end the years-long Tijuana River sewage crisis.” The other agreement the EPA was referring to is a bilateral memorandum of understanding that was signed in July 2025...

The Mexican government is investing 11.2 billion pesos (US $642.6 million) in waterworks nationwide as part of flood mitigation efforts , the head of Mexico’s Water Commission (Conagua) Efraín Morales shared on Monday.  An investment of 2.2 billion pesos ($126.6 million) is funding six main projects across eastern Mexico City and the neighboring México state to improve drainage capacity in the metropolitan zone’s most flood-affected areas. The infrastructure is expected to be fully operational in approximately two weeks.   At President Sheinbaum’s July 6 press conference, Conagua Director Efraín Morales shared advances on six of more than 100 water projects planned for the eastern Mexico City metropolitan area this year. (Juan Carlos Ramos Mamahua/Presidencia The municipalities expected to benefit most from the upgrades are Nezahualcóyotl, Los Reyes La Paz, Chalco and Valle de Chalco in México state, as well as the Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa. The upgrades are expected to...

Ten-man England fended off a late wave of frenzied attacks from Mexico, standing tall through 11 minutes of stoppage time to defeat El Tri 3-2 and advance to the World Cup quarterfinals. The result ends Mexico’s participation in the global soccer tournament as both a team and co-host, Sunday night’s game being the 13th and final match to be played in Mexico . Raúl Jiménez attempts a bicycle kick during Mexico’s round of 16 match against England. (Edgar Negrete Lira/Cuartoscuro) After a domineering start to the round of 16 match, Mexico’s hopes were dampened late in the first half when Jude Bellingham netted twice in less than two minutes. The double gut-punch muted the roar of the 80,000+ soggy El Tri fans in Mexico City Stadium who had weathered a one-hour rain delay — and exorbitant ticket prices . The first goal came completely against the run of play, El Tri getting caught too far forward then failing to react quickly enough as Declan Rice raced 60 yards down the right fla...

Mexico spent the week of June 29 to July 3 living through one of its most emotional moments in decades. El Tri’s win over Ecuador didn’t just end a 40-year World Cup curse — the celebration inside Mexico City Stadium was so intense that it triggered seismographs normally used to monitor earthquakes. Out in the streets, crowd sizes swelled with every match , and the optimism — branded with the coy slogan “¿Y si sí? (What if, yes?) — is contagious. But the week wasn’t only about soccer. Washington delivered an unwelcome message on the USMCA , two new political parties won certification and fresh numbers emerged on Pemex, the peso and President Sheinbaum. Didn’t have time to catch this week’s top stories? Here’s what you missed. USMCA hits a roadblock, but remains in force The United States announced on July 1 that it would not renew the USMCA for another 16 years, as Mexico had hoped , with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer saying Washington wouldn...

What do you do for Healthcare in Mexico? It’s one of the most common questions those of us who live in Mexico get from our friends and family back home. After asking us if we feel safe in Mexico, and then asking if we like Mexico (usually in that order), we then get the questions about healthcare. Do you have a doctor here? Do you feel comfortable getting care here? Do you have medical insurance? How much do things cost? It always surprises and humors me how much interest there is in the topic, as well as how personal the questions can quickly get. It is with that in mind that the team at MND decided to conduct an actual survey of foreigners living in Mexico about their experiences with healthcare here. Of course, one relatively short survey can’t possibly cover every facet on such a complicated topic, but we do get into what receiving healthcare is really like for people here. We address the topics of cost, accessibility and quality, and received answers from people nati...