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We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 18 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, in which our journalists have selected articles from our 2020 news and clinical archives, The Conversation and other publications with which we share content. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away. Happy reading.
From Simon Maude: Uncommon opportunities to tour health facilities got rarer during COVID-19. So that's why I felt Zahra Shahtahmasebi's illuminating story about Labtests' Auckland COVID swab testing operation was well worth re-sharing with readers. Visuals by Simon Maude
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
