Southern Cross Health Insurance (Southern Cross) is backing moves to vaccinate as many New Zealanders as possible as a potentially severe influenza season looms. To help close the country’s immunity gap, the health insurer is offering a free flu jab to its members
The Government is ramping up the flu vaccination campaign which starts today, with 40 per cent more flu shots available this year as part of the COVID-19 winter plan
Two new studies published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal confirm that COVID-19 vaccines provide additional protection for people who have already been infected with SARS-CoV-2, especially against severe disease
A new collaboration between the Canterbury District Health Board and Ara’s Department of Health Practice means that student Grace Fissenden, 20, can help out "in a different way" with the Covid-19 response at Christchurch Hospital. From this week, the second-year nursing student can now be employed as a Healthcare Assistant, earning both wages and clinical hours towards her Ara nursing degree
1 April 2022, Merck Sharp & Dohme New Zealand Limited (MSD) says that KEYTRUDA has 20 indications and is now available for use in combination with lenvatinib*, to treat eligible women with a type of advanced uterine cancer called endometrial carcinoma
The Government is ramping up the flu vaccination campaign which starts today, with 40 per cent more flu shots available this year as part of the COVID-19 winter plan
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management