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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    A wave of winter illnesses has hit Christchurch - with schools, early childhood and the city's medical centres feeling the strain
     12 August 2025
    A wave of winter illnesses has hit Christchurch - with schools, early childhood and the city's medical centres feeling the strain
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    An urgent need to stop Kiwis dying of heart disease - currently responsible for 20-percent of all deaths
    11 Aug: An urgent need to stop Kiwis dying of heart disease - currently responsible for 20-percent of all deaths... more
    Pharmac is opening up access to two covid-19 antiviral medicines, from September
    11 Aug: Pharmac is opening up access to two covid-19 antiviral medicines, from September... more
    A man has died - after doctors repeatedly missed opportunities to detect his cancer
    11 Aug: A man has died - after doctors repeatedly missed opportunities to detect his cancer... more
    Recruitment needs to ramp up as new data for heart health paints a grim picture
    11 Aug: Recruitment needs to ramp up as new data for heart health paints a grim picture... more
    New research is a step towards better treating chronic stress
    10 Aug: New research is a step towards better treating chronic stress... more
    Some cancer patients in Taupo will now have easier access to treatment, closer to home
    9 Aug: Some cancer patients in Taupo will now have easier access to treatment, closer to home... more
    Researchers are worried about growing levels of drug-resistant pathogens in our environment
    9 Aug: Researchers are worried about growing levels of drug-resistant pathogens in our environment... more
    A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate
    7 Aug: A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate... more
    A study suggests verbal abuse in childhood has a similar impact on adult mental health - as physical abuse
    6 Aug: A study suggests verbal abuse in childhood has a similar impact on adult mental health - as physical abuse... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     05 Aug: A Dunedin pub has been banned from selling alcohol for two days, after running social media giveaways promoting the sale of alcohol +++++++++++++++++++
     27 Jul: Fire and Emergency is reassuring strike action by unionised firefighters will not reduce or impact the services ++++++++++++++++++
     29 Jul: Bargaining efforts don't appear to have dissuaded nurses from walking off the job at 9am tomorrow +++++++++++++++++
     31 Jul: A boil water notice could be shortened for two Central Otago communities ++++++++++++++++
     28 Jul: Distress - for a family who never got to say goodbye to a teen who died after complications from surgery in 2015 +++++++++++++++
     01 Aug: Little faith from a senior doctor's union, that members will accept their latest pay offer +++++++++++++
     13 Aug: Belief lessons can be learnt after two Canterbury mental health patients murdered members of the public ++++++++++++


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