Older people and those with relevant underlying health conditions in Dunedin and Invercargill will start receiving messages from this week, inviting them to make an appointment to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischaemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000, according to WHO and the International Labour Organization (Environment International, online 17 May)
Fewer than 1 per cent of people live more than a half-hour drive from a general practice, health geographer Jesse Whitehead found, in a study looking at equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine
Collaboration is key to boosting maternal vaccination rates to protect mothers and babies from life-threating illnesses, VIP study team principal investigator Natalie Gauld says
HRH Princess Mele Siu’ilikutapu was first to roll her sleeve up after opening the designated vaccination centre at the Langimalie Integrated Family Health in Onehunga, Auckland
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