Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness
COVID-19 anniversary prompts look back at our COVERage
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COVID-19 anniversary prompts look back at our COVERage
Friday 28 February 2025, 02:32 PM

Kumeu Village Medical Centre GP Nathan Joseph gowns up to swab a patient in 2021 [image: Simon Maude, NZD]
Today is the fifth anniversary of the first case of COVID-19 reported in the community in New Zealand. Editor Barbara Fountain takes a look back through the archives at the visual impact of COVID through our covers
Ten days before the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the community, New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa ran the following article "Worried GPs appe