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Boundaries for a further 22 of the 60 or so localities planned to cover the country are set to be signed off, says Te Whatu Ora national director commissioning Abbe Anderson

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering banning cosmetics that contain PFAS chemicals

The number of outlets selling cigarettes around the country is set to plummet from about 6000 to 599 on 1 July 2024

From next month COVID-19 antiviral treatments will be available free to people receiving disability support services and people with one or more severe health conditions making them frail or vulnerable

The Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmacy Guild are lobbying for the minor ailments scheme to continue beyond its finish date of 30 September

More 723,000 New Zealanders were dispensed opioids in the past year, according to figures released by He Ako Hiringa

New studies are confirming earlier findings that the side effects of statins are largely “fake news”, says cardiologist Gerard Wilkins

Pharmacists across the Tasman are outraged at a new rule allowing 60-day prescriptions, to the point where a group of protesting pharmacists disrupted a session of the Australian Federal Parliament

Pharmaceutical Society members and guests said farewell and thank you to outgoing chief executive Richard Townley at the society’s spring function last night

Two months after copayments were dropped from most medicines, many still don’t know about it, and pharmacists are calling for Te Whatu Ora to do more advertising. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports