Chinese traditional medicine is having a moment on the global stage

The World

For the first time, the World Health Organization is including a section on traditional Chinese medicine in its upcoming guide for diagnosing and classifying diseases. Practitioners welcome the update, but in Europe, the move is setting off alarms among top medical and scientific groups. The World’s Elana Gordon reports.

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