Medical tourism to Mexico from the US is huge, with an estimated three million inbound medical travellers in 2020 alone.

Just days after four Americans were kidnapped and two were killed while crossing the Mexican border, Mexico’s President says his country is safer than the U.S. "Mexico is safer than the U.S., and ...

More than 1.3 million Americans visited a doctor, a dentist, an optometrist or specialized medical care in Mexico last year.

Navigating the landscape of international medical procedures requires more than just booking a flight; it demands a rigorous ...

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A deadly Mexico kidnapping revealed the dangers Americans face in their pursuit of health care abroad as medical tourism continues to grow in response to high medical costs at home. Four Americans ...

A Black woman who reportedly traveled to Mexico to receive a tummy tuck was abducted with three other people in an attack that experts say highlights the risks of going abroad for more affordable ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David G. Vequist, who runs the Center of Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, about medical tourism in Mexico. When you cross ...

Last week, four Americans were kidnapped in Mexico. One of the four, Latavia Washington McGee, crossed the border for a scheduled cosmetic surgery, according to CNN. It’s a growing trend known as ...

The kidnapping of four Americans who reportedly traveled to Mexico so one could undergo a "tummy tuck" has cast a spotlight on the booming medical-tourism business south of the U.S. border, where ...

A patient traveled to Mexico to get an experimental stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis. She returned with bacterial meningitis, a potentially fatal disease, from contaminated medical equipment.