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Sausages on the barbie are a great Kiwi summer tradition – but there’s a warning that the salt content could put you at risk of stroke.
Read moreSausages on the barbie are a great Kiwi summer tradition – but there’s a warning that the salt content could put you at risk of stroke.
Read morePfizer-BioNTech’s Covid jab could get the tick by New Zealand’s medicines regulator as early as next Wednesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today. The mRNA vaccine is one of four in the country’s COVID-19 vaccine portfolio . Next Tuesday, Medsafe …
Read moreThere are 2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our last media statement yesterday. There have been no new cases in the community to report New border case details Arrival date From Via …
Read moreThe Division of Rural Hospital Medicine, part of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, has introduced a new scheme that will help doctors train faster to become Rural Hospital Doctors if they’ve already specialised in emergency medicine, …
Read moreThe Ministry of Health is encouraging New Zealanders to have their say and provide feedback on draft regulations under the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act through an online consultation that opens today. An amendment to the Smokefree …
Read moreA woman inspired to give blood after losing her mum in a road traffic accident is just one of a team of ‘heroes’ at Tauranga Hospital who have been recognised by the NZ Blood Service. The NZ Blood Service presented Tauranga Hospital’s Team …
Read morePERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERACTIONS MATTER: IMPROVING USE AND EXPERIENCE OF CHILD HEALTHCARE SERVICES A report released today, “Ethnic Differences in the use and experience of child healthcare services in NZ”, reveals that interactions …
Read moreThe message from all scientists is very loud and clear that vaccines alone will not be able to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even after getting vaccinated, we will have to continue to wear masks, maintain physical distancing, wash hands …
Read moreThe Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has this morning asked all its GP members to increase swabbing for COVID-19 after the news yesterday of a community case in Northland. President Dr Samantha Murton and Medical Director Dr Bryan Betty …
Read moreWhat you need to do For contact tracing purposes, anyone who attended one of the locations listed here during the relevant timeframes is considered to be a COVID-19 ‘casual contact’. Our current advice is that although there is a low risk of …
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