Category: HEALTH

  • Healthcare facilities told to observe lifting of 45-day benefit limit

    Healthcare facilities told to observe lifting of 45-day benefit limit

    MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Thursday reminded healthcare facilities that implementation of the lifting of the 45-day benefit limit starts on Friday. In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview, PhilHealth Senior Vice President for Health and Finance Policy Sector Israel Francis Pargas said the move allows members to use their benefits for the…

  • New Covid-19 variant on the rise in Australia

    New Covid-19 variant on the rise in Australia

    KARACHI, Pakistan – Australia is facing the regular emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus more than five years since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. The latest variant – LP.8.1 – is on the rise, making up close to one in five Covid-19 cases in New South Wales, local broadcaster SBS News reported Wednesday. It…