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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better
     7 November 2025
    Pharmac could base its purchasing decisions on how much health improvement the same amount of money would achieve in other parts of the health system.
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    Kiwis with neurodevelopment conditions are more likely to die young
    6 Nov: Kiwis with neurodevelopment conditions are more likely to die young... more
    PNG hospital says anyone prepared to take on conjoined twins 'must be willing to take on' the risks
    5 Nov: The mother of a rare set of conjoined twins is begging doctors to explore other options after a Papua New Guinea hospital recommended against sending the infants overseas for surgery.... more
    Alarm bells after anaesthetic-drug etomidate in illicit vape pods has put some people to hospital
    4 Nov: Alarm bells after anaesthetic-drug etomidate in illicit vape pods has put some people to hospital... more
    Papua New Guinea conjoined twins should not be separated due to risk of death, hospital says
    4 Nov: Conjoined twins are extraordinarily rare, accounting for fewer than every two in 100,000 births.... more
    Hopes care will speed up at Nelson Hospital's emergency department - as an extension opens its doors
    3 Nov: Hopes care will speed up at Nelson Hospital's emergency department - as an extension opens its doors... more
    A woman with a brain injury after receiving an opioid overdose in hospital - now has permanent memory issues
    3 Nov: A woman with a brain injury after receiving an opioid overdose in hospital - now has permanent memory issues... more
    Health New Zealand's concerned measles could become widespread, despite vaccination rates picking up
    3 Nov: Health New Zealand's concerned measles could become widespread, despite vaccination rates picking up... more
    A public health expert's slamming the Government's handling of measles, as the number of cases climb
    2 Nov: A public health expert's slamming the Government's handling of measles, as the number of cases climb... more
    Concern over the number of young people being diagnosed with type two diabetes
    2 Nov: Concern over the number of young people being diagnosed with type two diabetes... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     02 Nov: Health New Zealand is launching Measles Immunisation Week tomorrow to get a growing outbreak under control +++++++++++++++
     02 Nov: More than two thousand doses of the MMR vaccine were administered yesterday as measles cases rise around the country +++++++++++++
     12 Nov: Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees +++++++++++++
     16 Nov: The final phase of a 160-million dollar upgrade to Massey University's veterinary facilities has officially opened ++++++++++++
     14 Nov: Cases of VRE have triggered infection prevention measures to be put in place at Christchurch Hospital ++++++++++++
     23 Nov: Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users' mental health +++++++++++
     05 Nov: PNG hospital says anyone prepared to take on conjoined twins 'must be willing to take on' the risks +++++++++++


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