COVID-19

Long-time Waiheke community resident Baz Hastings volunteered to deliver medicine for this local pharmacy and got more than he bargained for, Paulette Crowley writes

The first pan-coronavirus vaccine could be on the market in a year's time, a New Zealand vaccinologist says

Sums of between $5000 and $30,000 should have been paid to community pharmacies this week to cover costs related to COVID-19 

Long-time Waiheke community resident Baz Hastings volunteered to deliver medicine for this local pharmacy and got more than he bargained for, Paulette Crowley writes

Parents of vaccine-reluctant children have travelled from all over Waikato to see Sanjay Joshi from West Hamilton Pharmacy 

Calls for rapid antigen testing to be carried out in pharmacy have fallen on deaf ears, with the Ministry of Health saying the move is unlikely to improve reporting of positive tests

Calls for rapid antigen testing to be carried out in pharmacy have fallen on deaf ears, with the Ministry of Health saying the move is unlikely to improve reporting of positive tests.

A difficulty of matching relief workforce pharmacists with the locations where they are needed has hindered the usefulness of the Pharmacy Council initiative. 

From next Thursday, a second oral COVID antiviral, molnupiravir, will be available for qualifying patients 

Researchers point to lower COVID-19 vaccination rates for those with mental health and addiction problems, but pharmacy has helped reduce the gap. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports