COVID-19

All New Zealanders aged 30 and over will be able to access the new COVID bivalent booster from April as part of the Government’s plan to keep Kiwis safe and take pressure off our health system, says Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall

Two-strain COVID vaccine shots on offer next week, says health minister Ayesha Verrall 

Almost 120,000 courses of Covid-19 antivirals have made it into New Zealand homes, but health officials are not tracking whether the drugs are fulfilling their promise to keep people out of hospital

Hawke’s Bay clinicians have described what they say is the first reported case of COVID-associated bilateral anterior necrotising scleritis, a serious eye condition, in a double-vaccinated patient 

A PHARMACY COUNCIL Professional Conduct Committee will lay a charge against pharmacist Shane Chafin with the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, Pharmacy Today understands. 

Māori and Pasifika were less likely than people of other ethnicities to see a GP or nurse for COVID-19, a new study of the illness has found 

Counterspin’s anti-COVID-19 vaccination “medical correspondent” is understood to be facing a charge at the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal

COVID cases continue to climb week on week 

As New Zealand enters its third COVID-19 wave, a paediatrician is worried about limited access to antiviral medicines, after hearing some pharmacies are no longer dispensing them

COVID-19 antiviral prescribing advice remains unchanged in New Zealand despite trial evidence that one of the medicines does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths