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Frontline workers detail mild expected COVID-19 vaccine side effects

January 20, 2021 12:44 pm Laura Meza, Sumiko Keil

Sonoran officials say 67 healthcare workers are experiencing mild symptoms after getting the COVID-19…

SLRC doctors recovering from side effects from COVID-19 vaccine

January 19, 2021 8:23 am Sumiko Keil

Two doctors have severe reactions just days after receiving the first dose of the…

1 dead, 4 injured after shooting at party in Mexicali

January 18, 2021 5:30 am Sumiko Keil, Gabriel Salazar

A 21-year-old woman was transferred to Yuma Regional Medical Center due to her…

Mexico says it’s OK with getting less Pfizer vaccine for now

January 18, 2021 5:06 am The Associated Press

Mexico has so far received almost a half million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and used nearly all of…

New Mexicali-Calexico border crossing set to open in February

January 15, 2021 1:29 pm Nassieli Pizano, Christian Galeno, Sumiko Keil

It is guaranteed that the border crossing will be safer since it will have public lighting and greater surveillance.…

SLRC: Who gets the next COVID-19 vaccine and when?

January 15, 2021 8:39 am Sumiko Keil

How are Sonoran health officials prioritizing who will get the next COVID-19…

Mexican president mounts campaign against social media bans

January 15, 2021 5:15 am The Associated Press

Mexico says it’s starting to build an international campaign around the…

Mexicali receives first COVID-19 vaccine

January 14, 2021 1:17 pm Nassieli Pizano, Brandon Mejia, Sumiko Keil

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines has arrived to the general hospital in…

SPECIAL REPORT: Cerro Prieto- Giant vulture appears in crater of volcano

January 14, 2021 7:35 am Gabriel Salazar

What started as a project to create an identity for the area, Juan Hernández professor of Visual Arts along with a team of more than a hundred…

Mexico to use trade deal to make sure workers get vaccine

January 14, 2021 5:05 am The Associated Press

The United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, known as the USMCA, contains new rules and guarantees for labor…

People are still going to Mexico for non-essential travel

January 13, 2021 12:18 pm Gianella Ghiglino

For border towns, traveling to Mexico to experience restaurants, bars, and other activities has become the…

San Luis Rio Colorado receives its first COVID-19 vaccinations

January 13, 2021 9:31 am Sumiko Keil, Mercedes Martinez

Health officials say the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines have finally arrived to San Luis Rio Colorado,…

No COVID-19 vaccine for kids, but yes for pregnant women

January 11, 2021 5:48 am Sumiko Keil

Health officials in Baja California say the COVID-19 will not be applied to children since the vaccine has not been tested in people under the age of…

Sonoran officials say, beware of fraudulent COVID-19 vaccines

January 11, 2021 5:35 am Sumiko Keil

The Sonora State Health Secretary Enrique Clausen says the Pfizer vaccine will be distributed to health workers starting January…

Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border to laud border wall

January 11, 2021 5:02 am The Associated Press

President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s work on the border…

39-year-old Yuma woman killed in crash while speeding

January 8, 2021 12:50 pm Sumiko Keil

Police say the woman was not wearing her seatbelt at the time and died at the…

Mexico leader condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Trump

January 8, 2021 5:23 am The Associated Press

Mexico’s president on Thursday condemned the decision by social media platforms to block the accounts of U.S. President Donald…

Mexicali sees increase in homicides in 2020

January 7, 2021 5:45 am Sumiko Keil, Nassieli Pizano

Mexican officials say homicides increased by 200 violent deaths in…

Three suspects arrested in connection with fatal crash in San Luis Rio Colorado

January 6, 2021 8:34 am Sumiko Keil

Police in San Luis Rio Colorado (SLRC), Sonora, search for five suspects in a deadly hit-run…

Mexico to vaccinate rural elderly, but still awaits vaccine

January 6, 2021 5:27 am The Associated Press

Once Mexico has vaccinated its frontline medical workers against COVID-19, the government will turn its attention to the elderly living in its most…