Public consultation on the vaping regulations opened on Monday, seeking feedback from all New Zealanders to ensure the regulations have the right attributes to best support and protect communities
The response to the community’s latest Covid-19 cases now includes HealthCare NZ’s Frontline Support, a dedicated mental health and wellbeing service to support all frontline healthcare workers nationwide
42 different groups and noted experts, including Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Council of Trade Unions, the New Zealand Public Service Association, Greenpeace Aotearoa and Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to support a "people’s vaccine" by supporting a waiver to WTO intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines
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Media release from It’s Our Future, New Zealand Alternative and Oxfam NZ
Digital-first healthcare provider Tend this morning announced it has successfully raised $15M through a closed capital funding round, providing funding to drive growth and further transform New Zealand’s primary healthcare system
Whole genome sequencing carried out overnight has confirmed the two border-related COVID-19 cases that were reported out of cycle last night are observed to be variant 20C/501Y.V2 (lineage B.1.351), first identified in South Africa
In light of yesterday’s two positive COVID-19 cases, two additional pop-up testing stations have immediately been stood up and are open this morning at Orewa and Albany
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Media release from the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre
Two other former returnees who completed their managed isolation in the same facility and at the same time as the Northland case are now under investigation
Health authorities should develop targeted health messages for vaping product and e-liquid packaging to encourage smokers to switch from cigarettes to e-cigarettes and to prevent non-smokers from taking up vaping, a researcher at the University of Otago, Wellington says
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