Panama- HEALTHWATCH: Avoiding post meal inflamation


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Within hours of eating an unhealthy meal, we can get a spike in inflammation, crippling our artery function, thickening our blood, and causing a fight-or-flight nerve response. Thankfully, there are foods we can eat at every meal to counter this reaction. Standard meals rich in processed junk and meat and dairy lead to exaggerated spikes in […]

August 31, 2020

Panama’s Role in Silent Polio Victory


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This week, the world reached a milestone that it has been fighting for for decades. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it went unnoticed by many. On Tuesday, the vilified WHO declared the African continent polio-free. A healthcare success of dimensions that are difficult to beat. In 1985, 350,000 people, mostly children, suffered from […]

August 31, 2020

Panama- OPINION Speeding with the brakes on


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The schedule for reopening economic activities, presented by the national government, maintains uncertainty, and continues to punish the economy. According to the main leaders of the business associations, the Cortizo administration’s calendar prolongs the closing of businesses too long, causing more unemployment, and unnecessarily postponing essential activities for the country. The vast majority of Panamanian […]

August 31, 2020

Panama Health Workers Owed Over $6 Million In Back Wages


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At least 400 health professionals hired by the Ministry of Health have not been paid since they began work combating the pandemic in March. The Minister of Health Luis Francisco Sucre requested a transfer of funds this week to pay health personnel their salaries, which totals to around $6 million. An additional $4 million has also been […]

August 31, 2020