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Santiago, Dec 8 (EFE / EPA).- Chileans have turned on the pharmaceutical industry since the protests over social justice broke out in October, reacting to shortages of medicines and the high prices charged by private pharmacies, which sell brand-name medications at the highest prices in Latin America.(CAMERA: Patricia Nieto y Jose Caviedes, EDITOR: Karla Lopez)
On Monday, US stocks rallied as investors bet on the distribution of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine and stimulus progress to lift the economy. According to Business Insider, a bipartisan $908 billion stimulus proposal is set to be formally unveiled on Monday. One package will include $748 billion in funds for highly supported measures. A smaller package including more controversial state and local government aid and liability protections for businesses. On Monday, Pfizer and BioNTech will deliver their coronavirus vaccine. Oil prices ticked higher after a tanker exploded in a Saudi Arabian port. West Texas Intermediate crude gained as much as 1.9%, to $47.44 per barrel.
Diabetics who require insulin are at the mercy of the free market and whatever health insurance they may have, or discounts they can snag. Now, UPI reports diabetics in the United States are, compared to their counterparts abroad, well and truly over a barrel. According to a RAND Corp. analysis, insulin in the US costs more than eight times higher than in 32 other high-income nations combined. The average price per unit across all types of insulin in the US is $98.70, which is just over six times the drug's average price in Canada -- about $15.70. Researchers said it's also just under six times the average price in Britain and Japan -- about $16.70. Even if rebates and discounts drive the prices down for US consumers, they're still likely to pay four times the average paid in other high-income nations.
Singapore, May 6, (EFE/EPA).- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinics and pharmacies reopened on Wednesday as Singapore has started easing the COVID-19 lockdown measures Registered TCM physicians can provide acupuncture treatment for pain management, and affiliated retail TCM halls are allowed to sell products. Other TCM treatments like moxibustion, guasha, cupping, and tuina are still not allowed to resume operations yet while practitioners have to take extra precautions to disinfect their premises daily and treat patients only by appointment. (Camera: HOW HWEE YOUNG).FOOTAGE SHOWS A CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE CLINIC ON ITS FIRST DAY OF REOPENNING IN SINGAPORE.
El Alto, Apr 23 (EFE).- Medicinal plants widely used by ancestral doctors in Bolivia are being used in steam chambers to strengthen the immune system in the midst of the health emergency caused by COVID-19.Plants such as eucalyptus, chamomile and huira huira, which are believed to have expectorant qualities and help the respiratory tract, are used in these chambers, said Felipe Quilla, Bolivia's acting deputy minister of traditional medicine, in an interview with EFE.These plants are used by ancestral doctors to prevent respiratory illnesses such as common flu through the use of infusions or boiling them in water in order to inhale the steam. (Camera: MARTIN ALIPAZ). SHOT LIST: HERBS TO BE USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE CHAMBER AND GROUP OF PEOPLE USE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE CHAMBER IN EL ALTO, BOLIVIA.
Acupuncture is hugely popular at Shangai's newly opened Pets TMC Centre, with staff receiving special training on how to poke long metal needles into puppies all as part of the ancient Chinese tradition. Acupuncture is one of the oldest techniques in Chinese medicine, believed to be at least 2000 years old, and is performed in order to balance chi energy in the body. It's not an exact science, and the procedure definitely has its detractors, but there were plenty of happy customers singing its praises.
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