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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Nurse prescribers can now offer patients nearly double the number of medicines
     4 December 2025
    Nurse prescribers can now offer patients nearly double the number of medicines
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    Five new measles cases have been identified
    3 Dec: Five new measles cases have been identified... more
    An unsophisticated theft of public money's led to fears there may be similar cases
    3 Dec: An unsophisticated theft of public money's led to fears there may be similar cases... more
    Pharmac's weighing up whether it should fund weight-loss drugs
    2 Dec: Pharmac's weighing up whether it should fund weight-loss drugs... more
    A health expert is labelling new weight loss drug recommendations as another tool in the toolkit
    2 Dec: A health expert is labelling new weight loss drug recommendations as another tool in the toolkit... more
    A potential boost for both patients and practitioners in rural areas
    2 Dec: A potential boost for both patients and practitioners in rural areas... more
    Calls for New Zealand to get smarter on preventing HIV - this World AIDS Day
    1 Dec: Calls for New Zealand to get smarter on preventing HIV - this World AIDS Day... more
    Health officials have released three new locations of interest in Wellington - as one new case is confirmed in the capital
    1 Dec: Health officials have released three new locations of interest in Wellington - as one new case is confirmed in the capital... more
    Labour says general practices using its low-interest loans, should be able to repay them within 10 years
    1 Dec: Labour says general practices using its low-interest loans, should be able to repay them within 10 years... more
    Doubts the health system would be able to cope with Labour's election promises
    30 Nov: Doubts the health system would be able to cope with Labour's election promises... more

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     12 Nov: Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees +++++++++++++
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     14 Nov: Cases of VRE have triggered infection prevention measures to be put in place at Christchurch Hospital ++++++++++++
     05 Nov: PNG hospital says anyone prepared to take on conjoined twins 'must be willing to take on' the risks +++++++++++
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