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(PNA file photo) MANILA - A lawmaker is urging the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to roll out a new round of vaccination drive to protect Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and its highly transmissible Omicron variant. In a statement on Monday night, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said the government's pandemic response task force should consider giving additional two doses, considering that some countries are already administering the fourth dose on their population to increase their level of protection. Barzaga par...

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- China average life expectancy is expected to reach 78.3 years in 2025, up from 77.3 years in 2019, according to the country 14th fi

Anakalusugan Party-list Rep Mike Defensor (File photo) MANILA - State insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will receive almost PHP80 billion in subsidies allocated under the proposed PHP5.02-trillion 2022 national budget, according to a party-list lawmaker. In a statement on Tuesday, Anakalusugan Party-list Rep Mike Defensor said next year's PhilHealth subsidy amounting to PHP79,990,995,000 is PHPP8.368 billion higher than this year's PHP71.353-billion subsidy. Defensor said increasing taxpayer subsidy would provide more insurance coverage for vulnerable sectors of th...

WAITING FOR VAX. Adults and teenagers wait for their second vaccine doses against Covid-19 at the Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center in Fairview, Quezon City on Monday (Nov. 22, 2021). The government has also started giving additional or booster shots to health care workers, the elderly, and immunocompromised adults. (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The National Covid-19 Vaccination Drive on November 29 to December 1 will be working days so as not to disrupt economic activities while the government ramps up vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Secretary Carl...

WAITING FOR VAX. Adults and teenagers wait for their second vaccine doses against Covid-19 at the Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center in Fairview, Quezon City on Monday (Nov. 22, 2021). The government has also started giving additional or booster shots to health care workers, the elderly, and immunocompromised adults. (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The National Covid-19 Vaccination Drive on November 29 and December 1 will be working days so as not to disrupt economic activities while the government ramps up vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The second da...