New telehealth provider goes online for the 900,000 rural New Zealanders
Ka Ora Telecare's initial rollout is for 20 rural practices.
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GP training enrolments reach record-breaking high
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Hospitals plead for more security after doctors 'punched at the door'
Doctors and medical staff fear for their safety after recent attacks at hospitals.
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Alert over toxic shellfish for North Island’s East Coast
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Guidelines to help youth quit vaping released
Around 1 in 5 high school students are now regular vapers.
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Within months, specialists were flying from Australia to perform complex brain surgery.
Auckland doctor wrote thousands of prescriptions for ADHD drugs without approval
Tony Hanne was accused of professional misconduct over prescriptions he had written.
‘No water, no food': Kiwi’s bid to help children trapped near Gaza hospital
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Whanganui recording increase in Covid-19 case numbers
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NZ needs centre for disease control, experts say
A CDC would build the capacity needed to respond to future pandemics.
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University of Auckland did not try to silence Siouxsie Wiles, defence counsel asserts
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Samoa issues public health notice as NZ enters fifth Covid wave
With close ties to New Zealand, Samoa is urging its public to get a Covid booster.
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