Taiwan to subsidize early screening for lung cancer from July

People at high risk of contracting lung cancer will be eligible to receive a NT$4,000 (US$135) subsidy every two years from July amid Taiwan's efforts to curb the disease, which is the leading cause of cancer mortality in the country, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday.

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