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There are international reports of a small number of COVID-19 patients relapsing after finishing a course of Pfizer’s Paxlovid

Maternal pertussis vaccination rates are suboptimal in New Zealand but a recent study by Auckland, Canterbury and Waikato researchers has found community pharmacies may be effective at lifting uptake

Clinical editor Amy van der Loo rounds up the education content in the latest issue of Pharmacy Today Kaitiaki Rongoā o te Wā. Use the embedded links to go through to the relevant page

Four hundred hospital pharmacy staff will be joining 10,000 other allied health workers and going on strike on 16 May

Pharmacy pioneer Linda Bryant says being recognised in the New Zealand Order of Merit was very relaxed and special, despite the pomp and ceremony

The New Zealand Medical Journal has been guaranteed three months’ funding while its future ownership is worked out 

Natural health products will be regulated alongside therapeutic products in the upcoming Therapeutic Products Bill, Paulette Crowley writes

A rare bird shakes a tail feather in a Picton pharmacy 

Discount pharmacy Bargain Chemist is set to double the number of stores in the next year but the owners deny they’re operating a predatory business model 

About 1 per cent of pharmacists failed to meet their recertification requirements by 1 April, a similar rate to that of the past two years before the introduction of the MyRecert Platform