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Pseudoephedrine-based cold and flu medications can now be purchased from pharmacists

Rory Nairn should have been told of the possibility of myocarditis as a side-effect of the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine by the pharmacist who administered it, says the HDC

The Government’s plan to reinstate the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders will lead to an increase in hospitalisations costing the country tens of millions of dollars a year, Te Herenga Waka University of Victoria researchers have found

New Zealand Customs is detaining and destroying on average 8000 packages containing medicines at the border per year, with the most commonly seized items being antibiotics

The Ministry of Health’s highest-ranked pharmacist is leaving her position to study in the US at Johns Hopkins University

The postponed Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the Government’s disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora will now be held in October

Sexual health leaders have introduced a range of measures designed to increase testing to address the syphilis epidemic 

The “high risk” of psychiatric side effects has led Medsafe to call for the over-the-counter oral antihistamine, promethazine (brand name Phenergan) not to be used by children aged under six

Minister and chief executive have their say on Government's cost-cutting expectations

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer looks at the ins and outs of identifying as a pharmacist