Jalisco Health Secretary Fernando Petersen says almost 2.3 million flu shots will be available statewide in Mexico’s annual influenza vaccination program, which runs from this month though the end of February 2024.

Jalisco is one of the most biodiverse states in Mexico, containing 80 percent of the country’s existing vegetation types, along with approximately 36 percent of its mammal population and 53 percent of its birds.  

Two people died after category four Hurricane Lidia hit land just south of Puerto Vallarta on the early evening of Tuesday, October 10, one in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit and the other in Pihuamo, Jalisco, more than 80 kilometers from the coast.

Rosa Ena Jabalero Arellano, 66, is rising in the ranks for a shot at the 2023 title as Jalisco’s Embajadora de los Adultos Mayores.

Alejandro Guerrero and Andrea Soto, the architectural design team commissioned for the renovation of the Auditorio de la Ribera complex, have won a silver prize in the Public Buildings category of the 2023 Erich Mendelsohn Award for Brick Architecture.

Displays of prize farm animals are at the heart of Jalisco’s annual Expo Ganadera, opening Wednesday, October 11 for a four-week run at Guadalajara’s Livestock Union fairgrounds.