COVID-19

A study whose lead author is a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington epidemiologist has found the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine used in New Zealand is not associated with a condition that affects the blood known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and other clotting and bleeding events

Pfizer has scheduled delivery of an estimated 1 million doses of vaccine to New Zealand during July, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said today

A handful of pharmacies in different parts of New Zealand have started offering COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the wider rollout planned for July

About a quarter of pharmacies are expected to be giving COVID-19 vaccinations by July and the country’s largest pharmacy network, Green Cross Health, is supporting as many of its member pharmacies as possible to take part

Many business owners across the country felt as if COVID-19 pushed them close to the brink of closure. But for pharmacies in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland’s CBD, the pandemic has been just one of many challenges

Heeding the words of prime minister Jacinda Ardern, Sanders Pharmacy adopted a go hard and go early response to the COVID-19 pandemic before it reached our shores

In her first year at Life Pharmacy North City in Porirua, pharmacy technician Sonya Scrimshaw had no dispensary manager; in the subsequent three years she worked with five different managers

South Seas Healthcare had a complete rethink of its business model in response to COVID-19

As the global COVID-19 pandemic reached our shores, primary care had to pivot on a pinhead to manage a stark new reality

Kiwis living with sight loss were supported during COVID-19 lockdowns thanks to creative solutions developed by Blind Low Vision NZ