New Zealanders are being asked to monitor for measles symptoms after an individual with measles flew from Wellington to Auckland Jetstar Flight JQ258 on Tues 3rd October after attending a number of activities in the days prior in the capital.
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Press release from Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority
Allergy sufferers are being warned to brace themselves for the upcoming hay fever season, as El Niño weather conditions favour a windier, warmer, and drier than usual summer
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Media Release from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Longer postnatal stays for the mothers of new babies, free Continuous Glucose Monitors for children with Type 1 diabetes, and more training places for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists will help get the health system delivering for New Zealanders, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey say
Today (2 October) about 18,000 health workers in more than 100 Allied professions - including physiotherapists, social workers, and laboratory scientists - are being offered a proposed pay equity settlement to honour the true value of the work they do.
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Press release from the New Zealand Public Service Association
The Government welcomes the proposed pay equity settlement that will see significant pay increases for around 18,000 Te Whatu Ora Allied, Scientific, and Technical employees, if accepted said Health Minister Ayesha Verrall.
The Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) is deeply saddened by the passing of Emeritus Distinguished Professor Richie PoultonCNZM, New Zealand Clinical Psychologist and long-serving Director of the University of Otago's renowned Dunedin Study.
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Press release from the Pasifika Medical Association Group
An international group of researchers is calling for urgent intervention and surveillance of drug resistant pathogens in Oceania, following the study of a deadly disease
Academic pharmacist Nataly Martini provides key information on Helicobacter pylori pathophysiology, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment strategies to enhance patient outcomes