A child has died of measles in the Mexican state of Sonora, which borders Arizona.
The Sonoran health department says there have been more than 20 cases of measles diagnosed this year — but that the highly contagious disease hasn’t spread throughout the state.
The department says the majority of confirmed cases have been in migrant agricultural workers who came from Sonora’s neighboring state, Chihuahua.
The northern Mexican state of Chihuahua has seen a significant outbreak centered around a Mennonite community there. Confirmed cases since the start of the year soared past 1,000 this month, according to the Chihuahua health department.
Officials say the recent fatality in Sonora was an unvaccinated infant from Chihuahua who had traveled to the state with her migrant farm worker parents.
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The nearly week-long security alert restricted the movement of U.S. government employees to daylight hours due to “threat information.” -
Fifty fewer municipalities in the Mexican state of Sonora registered drought conditions at the end of August this year compared to last year. -
The new agreement means less water for Mexico, but provides stability to those who use the Colorado River near its delta. -
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights called for Mexico and the mining company Grupo México’s to make good on promises to the community more than a decade after the historic spill. -
Live cattle imports from Mexico were again halted after a more than year-long pause to protect against the New World screwworm. Now, the border is back open in Douglas.
