Telehealth, pharmacy consultations, and remote patient monitoring are among proposals from Te Whatu Ora Health NZ’s to reduce the strain […]
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Omicron-specific vaccine approved for over-30s – Expert Reaction
Everyone in Aotearoa over 30 years old will be able to get the new Pfizer Covid-19 bivalent vaccine from the beginning […]
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Measles case confirmed in Auckland – Expert Reaction
New Zealand’s first measles diagnosis since 2019 was announced last night – an Aucklander infected overseas. Though now isolating at home, the person […]
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Medsafe approves NZ’s first Covid vaccine – Expert Reaction
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (Comirnaty) has been provisionally approved for use by New Zealand’s medicines regulator. Medsafe has placed 58 conditions on […]
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COVID-19 vaccine portfolio rounded out – Expert Reaction + Graphic
Border workers are expected to be the first group vaccinated for COVID-19 by winter, as enough jabs are pre-purchased to […]
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First-off-the-block COVID-19 vaccines – Expert Briefing
The Science Media Centre led an online briefing about promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including the mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and […]
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Top Ten Science Stories of 2020
2020 has been one of the most challenging years for scientists and journalists in recent history, as researchers and media […]
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Latest developments in COVID-19 vaccines – Expert Briefing
The SMC led an online media briefing about the recent progress in vaccine development for COVID-19. Professor David Murdoch, University […]
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Global vaccine confidence study – Expert Reaction
International research shows New Zealanders’ attitudes towards vaccines were relatively stable in the years before the pandemic. The new study, published in The Lancet, maps […]
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Promising COVID-19 vaccine results – Expert Reaction
Two COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to prompt an immune response, which may prevent COVID-19, in humans. The results are from the University […]
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