COVID-19

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

Pharmacists are putting their hands up to do more to help people get their rapid antigen tests (RATs) done properly and with more reliable results

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

Signs are pointing to strong sales this year for cough and cold medications but sharply rising inflation could yet muddy the waters. Libby Woodhouse, senior account manager for IRI, discusses latest sales data

A few pharmacies have had to close temporarily and many staff are feeling slammed as a result of COVID-related absences, according to a Pharmacy Today survey. Paulette Crowley reports

This is a real-time assessment of living and breathing through Omicron 

Nearly 90 Pharmacies nationwide have put their hands up to dispense free rapid antigen tests to eligible Kiwis.

A few pharmacies have had to close temporarily and many staff are feeling slammed as a result of COVID-related absences, according to a Pharmacy Today survey. Paulette Crowley reports

Community pharmacists are delivering more COVID-19 booster shots than any vaccinator group in the country, including general practice and permanent vaccination centres.