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Calls for the Government to push forward with funded health checks for intellectually disabled people - now it's got the research to back it

15 February 2025

Calls for the Government to push forward with funded health checks for intellectually disabled people - now it's got the research to back it

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A researcher says the effectiveness of cold and flu medicine has always been dubious
	14 Feb: A researcher says the effectiveness of cold and flu medicine has always been dubious... more

A woman from Mangawhai with life-threatening dehydration, was shocked to find she had the Victorian-era disease, cholera
	13 Feb: A woman from Mangawhai with life-threatening dehydration, was shocked to find she had the Victorian-era disease, cholera... more

Biosecurity officials are thanking Auckland's Papatoetoe community for their cooperation, in the six weeks since the discovery of a single male Oriental fruit fly
	13 Feb: Biosecurity officials are thanking Auckland's Papatoetoe community for their cooperation, in the six weeks since the discovery of a single male Oriental fruit fly... more

A Christchurch youth facility is in urgent need of medical supplies, as it expands to two locations
	12 Feb: A Christchurch youth facility is in urgent need of medical supplies, as it expands to two locations... more

Routine screenings for spinal muscular atrophy - will be on offer from today for all newborns
	12 Feb: Routine screenings for spinal muscular atrophy - will be on offer from today for all newborns... more

Far North residents are feeling overlooked, with a lack of critical healthcare in the region
	11 Feb: Far North residents are feeling overlooked, with a lack of critical healthcare in the region... more

Patients are waiting too long for heart surgery
	8 Feb: Patients are waiting too long for heart surgery... more

Food Safety New Zealand has given Chelsea Sugar a stark warning - for making and selling almost one-thousand tonnes of lead-contaminated sugar products
	7 Feb: Food Safety New Zealand has given Chelsea Sugar a stark warning - for making and selling almost one-thousand tonnes of lead-contaminated sugar products... more

Calls for more investment into research for preventing falls in aged residential care
	7 Feb: Calls for more investment into research for preventing falls in aged residential care... more

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