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Health Minister Tony Ryall has announced that Emergency Ambulance Call Centres, which take 111 calls are to get extra funding to provide an advanced level of support for over-the-phone triage of emergency calls.
Care Chemist, the country's fastest growing community pharmacy group, is reminding New Zealander drivers to use adequate sun protection when behind the wheel this summer or risk the health
Canterbury's head of Dental Health Services says a Ministry of Health report on oral health in New Zealand highlights the growing need to fluoridate the region's drinking water.
People on a flight from Dubai which arrived in Auckland on January 4 via Melbourne may have been exposed to measles and should call the Ministry of Health's Healthline if they feel unwell, rather than going to a doctor or emergency department.
People who arrived in New Zealand last Tuesday (4 January) on an Emirates flight from Dubai via Melbourne may have been exposed to measles, the Ministry of Health has today advised.
Canterbury's head of Dental Health Services says a Ministry of Health report on oral health in New Zealand highlights the growing need to fluoridate the region's drinking water.
The interest-based bargaining (IBB) process agreed to by DHBs and their resident medical officers (RMOs) - represented by the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) - to progress pay negotiations begins tomorrow (Wednesday 12 January) in Auckland.
A new UMR Research survey conducted on behalf of the anti P group the Stellar Trust indicates that young teenagers have a negative view of Methamphetamine and see it as a drug for '"losers", however they also see little difference bet
Wellington, Jan 11 NZPA - The smoking habit could be extinguished in New Zealand by 2058, an international study says.
However, investment bank Citigroup estimates Australians could stop smoking even earlier -- by 2030.
Wellington, Jan 10 NZPA - Health authorities are warning that people and their pets should stay out of Lake Forsyth, or Wairewa, on Banks Peninsula because of a potentially toxic algal bloom.
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