Flu vaccine delays add pressure as GPs ramp up for Pfizer vaccine
New Zealand has low levels of flu but the opening of the trans-Tasman bubble could bring the virus in while
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Covid experts’ warning for transtasman travellers
Professor Shaun Hendy, of Te Punaha Matatini, said the April 19 opening of the long-awaited bubble marked a “significant milestone”
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Coronavirus Likely Originated in Animals: WHO Report
The findings are based largely on a WHO team’s visit earlier this year to Wuhan, the Chinese city where COVID-19
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Sweeping review of vaccine booking systems
The review of the various systems being used by DHBs, developed by the company Valentia Technologies​, comes as the ministry
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Suspected Covid transmission in MIQ hotel: 250 ex guests told to isolate, get re-tested
The case involves guests at the Grand Mercure isolation hotel in relation to a day 12 case at the facility.
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Paving the Way for Diversity in Clinical Trials
At the time, Long, who is Black, said her doctor in Dayton, OH, told her she was not a candidate
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55,000 call for higher standard of post-pregnancy care
Kirsty Watt launched the petition last June because she strongly believes women aren’t receiving the care they need after giving
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Diabetes to cost NZ $3.5b a year by 2040
Researchers of The Economic and Social Cost of Type 2 Diabetes report – launched in Parliament today – are warning
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Nursing shortage bites Counties Manukau DHB
The shortages were highlighted during the parliamentary health select committee’s annual review of the DHB on Wednesday. Chief nurse Jenny
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S. African Variant Challenges Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines
In the study, 10 blood samples were taken from people who received the Pfizer vaccine, 28 days after the second
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