Infectious Disease

Bird flu has been detected in Australia, but New Zealand remains free of highly pathogenic avian influenza

Pseudoephedrine-based cold and flu medications can now be purchased from pharmacists

A month on from pharmacies getting the green light to vaccinate infants, only one pharmacy in New Zealand is approved to deliver the new service

Samoa has declared a dengue outbreak with over 200 confirmed cases, and health officials estimating many more have already been infected

A 37-year-old man wounded by a wild monkey in Hong Kong is in intensive care suffering from infection with B virus

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Pope discusses the presentation and treatment of scabies, an intensely itchy but curable condition

A salad made by a person with group A streptococcal infection and lesions on their hands was among foods implicated in an Auckland outbreak of the illness in at least 48 people.

Dunedin pharmacist Darshana Kanjee looks at the causes of gastrointestinal infections and how pharmacy staff can help affected patients

New Zealand’s fifth wave of COVID-19 may have peaked, just as the risk of a measles outbreak is on the rise