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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Concerns the window for accessing the shingles vaccine is too narrow
     23 February 2026
    Concerns the window for accessing the shingles vaccine is too narrow
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    Zebrafish might be crucial to creating treatments for lymphoedema
    22 Feb: Zebrafish might be crucial to creating treatments for lymphoedema ... more
    Failure to prevent people living with intellectual disabilities from falling between the cracks
    22 Feb: Failure to prevent people living with intellectual disabilities from falling between the cracks... more
    Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu
    22 Feb: Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu... more
    The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available
    21 Feb: The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available... more
    Alarm bells over proposed regulation of newly-allowed physician assistants
    20 Feb: Alarm bells over proposed regulation of newly-allowed physician assistants... more
    Bay of Plenty's being flagged as a potential hot spot for cocaine use, with the drug more than twice as likely to show up in work place testing
    19 Feb: Bay of Plenty's being flagged as a potential hot spot for cocaine use, with the drug more than twice as likely to show up in work place testing... more
    New workplace testing results reveal cocaine detections have sharply risen across the country
    19 Feb: New workplace testing results reveal cocaine detections have sharply risen across the country... more
    Pharmac's being urged to give blood cancer patients assurance on what treatments are being funded in the coming years
    18 Feb: Pharmac's being urged to give blood cancer patients assurance on what treatments are being funded in the coming years... more
    Two new blood cancer medications could soon be available to patients as pills, with one accessible through private clinics
    18 Feb: Two new blood cancer medications could soon be available to patients as pills, with one accessible through private clinics... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     10 Feb: A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes +++++++++++++++++++++++
     14 Feb: Two sailors have been hospitalised after a nasty crash between the Black Foils and France, forcing the cancellation of racing for the day at the Auckland Sail GP event ++++++++++++++++++++++
     21 Feb: The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available +++++++++++++++
     15 Feb: The first Auckland housing - designed for spinal injury recovery - is now officially open +++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: People are being urged to buy local tinned fruit, as imports from overseas flood the market ++++++++++++++
     09 Feb: A Maori man says a bone tissue transplant without his consent during wrist surgery - went against his cultural and religious beliefs ++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: Hopes a new dialysis unit in Southland improves access to life saving treatment +++++++++++++


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