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网页Assisting seniors who live alone to preserve their independence. By 2028 the number of New Zealanders aged 65 years or older is expected to reach one million, a nearly 20% increase from 2022. 1 With an ageing population, the adoption of public policies to encourage. Read more.
Free rapid antigen tests now available for home testing
网页2022年3月3日 · If you are symptomatic or a household contact, you can now order rapid antigen tests (RATs) through the newly launched RAT requester site. “It’s one of a range of ways we are make testing more readily available for those who need it,” says Jo Pugh, Acting Group Manager of COVID-19 Testing and Supply. “We have a good supply of RATs to meet demand during Phase Three of our Omicron response.
COVID-19 latest: 1174 new cases, five further deaths
网页17 小时之前 · Tuesday 8 October 2024, 12:26 PM. The latest update comes a week after funded rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 were discontinued on 1 October [Image: Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash] There were 1174 new cases of COVID-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday 6 October and five further deaths attributed to the virus.
Older Kiwis urged to get COVID-19 boosters | New Zealand Doctor
网页2023年12月13日 · As Kiwis prepare for Christmas, public health officials are recommending that people who are more likely to experience severe COVID-19, such as Māori and Pacific people aged 50 and over, as well as everyone aged 65 and older, get a booster vaccine before the holidays. Dr Nicholas Jones Director of …
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网页5 天之前 · Ōtara practice confirmed as target of Te Whatu Ora clawbacks. South Seas Healthcare has confirmed it is the practice under threat of closure due to massive clawbacks sought by Te Whatu Ora. Read more. By Alan Perrott. Friday 27 September 2024, 04:45 PM. 2 minutes to Read. +News.
Lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle: 5 key health priorities for future ...
网页18 小时之前 · “The climate crisis is a health crisis.” So says World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus. The World Economic Forum agrees. Its report this year highlighted how climate change is taking a toll on global health due to increasingly frequent extreme weather events. These issues ...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine receives Medsafe ... - New …
网页Thursday 29 July 2021, 01:37 PM. 2 minutes to Read. The COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca has now received provisional approval from Medsafe for use in New Zealand. It joins COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen which received the same approval earlier in the month. The Immunisation Advisory Centre’s Medical Director Professor Nikki Turner says, “It is great ...
Osteoporosis - New Zealand Doctor
网页2024年3月27日 · The ANZFFR Annual Report 2024 shows 95 per cent of anti-osteoporosis treatment used is either oral or intravenous bisphosphonate. Oral agents available in New Zealand are alendronate (Fosamax and Fosamax Plus) and risedronate, and the intravenous agent for use in osteoporosis is zoledronate.
MicroRNA is the Nobel-winning master regulator of the genome ...
网页16 小时之前 · When Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered a new molecule they called microRNA in the 1980s, it was a fascinating diversion from what for decades had been called the central dogma of molecular biology. Recognized with the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, Ambros and Ruvkun had ...
KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) receives its 20th New Zealand …
网页1 April 2022, Merck Sharp & Dohme New Zealand Limited (MSD) says that KEYTRUDA has 20 indications and is now available for use in combination with lenvatinib*, to treat eligible women with a type of advanced uterine cancer called endometrial carcinoma