Infectious Disease

The Ministry of Health is reporting the first case of Monkeypox in New Zealand. 

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes looks at cold sores, from the underlying cause to the best treatments available

On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient who had recently traveled to Canada

The dominant subvariants of Omicron have spawned a slightly more transmissible variant of COVID-19 but New Zealand experts are not agitated about it 

Pharmacist advocates of the MMR vaccination catch-up campaign say it is a shame that about 320,000 doses of the vaccine will be consigned to the dustbin after expiring before they were used

Pharmacist advocates of the MMR vaccination catch-up campaign say it is a shame that about 320,000 doses of the vaccine will be consigned to the dustbin after expiring before they were used

Some provision of N95 masks from Ministry of Health supplies but only for high-risk circumstances

Counties Manukau DHB is setting up a $1 million fund for healthcare providers rolling out innovative childhood immunisation programmes to the region’s Māori and Pacific communities 

Pharmaceutical Society president Professor Rhiannon Braund’s message to the sector on preparing for the Omicron outbreak is clear: “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.”

Pharmaceutical Society president Professor Rhiannon Braund’s message to the sector on preparing for the Omicron outbreak is clear: “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.”