There are no new cases in the community apart from two historical cases reported today. There are also three new positive case of COVID-19 in managed isolation
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists and the New Zealand Medical Association are making clear their support for the establishment of a Māori Health Authority with full commissioning rights, as a new pathway to deliver health equity for Māori
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Media release from the NZMA and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Our plan is always to use unexpected opportunities that come up to vaccinate people who are next in the priority order to ensure that no vaccine is wasted
After ongoing negotiations with Labtests since September last year and mediation in late January, NZNO members have voted to take picket action and commence a 24 hour strike ballot
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Media release from the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Auckland will move to COVID-19 Alert Level 1 at midday today, Friday 12 March. This follows six days of Auckland being at Level 2, with seven days prior to that at Level 3, after 15 positive community cases emerged outside managed isolation facilities
New bioarchaeological research shows malaria has threatened human communities for more than 7000 years, earlier than when the onset of farming was thought to have sparked its devastating arrival
Increasing the amount of time schools devote to physical education each week could dramatically reduce the number of children who are doing only minimal levels of exercise, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington and Sport New Zealand have found
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Media release from the University of Otago, Wellington
The Government has today announced its plan for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, ensuring free, fair and equitable access to everyone in New Zealand.
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Media release from the Government's Unite Against COVID-19 website
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