Health

[ad_1] By Alex Perrottet of RNZ According to leaders in the palliative care field, the industry can no longer survive on “cakes and tents.” Dr Aileen Collier, President of Palliative Care Nurses of New Zealand, said that nurses’ pay was just the beginning of major problems facing a sector that …

[ad_1] All community cases in New Zealand’s second Covid-19 outbreak have recovered, with the health minister saying the virus has been “squashed.” The news comes when the Ministry of Health announced that three new cases of the virus were detected in controlled isolation on Wednesday. The ministry said all patients …

[ad_1] By Nita Blake-Persen of RNZ The friends and whānau of a terminally ill woman who was sent between nine different motels in the last months of her life believe her case shows just how deadly the housing crisis is. Lisa Diamond died three weeks ago in Auckland Hospital after …

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump, who is said to be making progress in his recovery from Covid-19, tweeted his enthusiasm to return to the election campaign even as the outbreak that has killed more than 210,000 Americans increasingly reached the upper echelons of the United States government. . When Trump …

[ad_1] US Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic rival, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are set to meet Wednesday (Thursday NZT) for a debate that will offer completely different visions of a country facing ever-increasing crises. The Salt Lake City showdown is the most anticipated vice presidential debate in recent …

[ad_1] During his first weeks in charge of guiding the country through the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield struggled to sleep. He had dreams about Covid-19 and moments of self-doubt, and when he presided over a press conference for the first time he was “nervous as heck.” In a podcast …

[ad_1] Performing just one additional colonoscopy per week at each district health board would offer a fair bowel exam for Maori, says one expert. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) joins calls for the government to lower the age for bowel cancer screening in Maori, saying the national program …

[ad_1] Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has opened up about how dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic put pressure on her mental health. Speaking to Sir John Kirwan on his podcast Open-minded: Leadership During a Pandemic, Bloomfield spoke about the tensions he faced while offering advice to Kiwis who may …

[ad_1] All community cases in New Zealand’s second Covid-19 outbreak have recovered, with the health minister saying the virus has been “squashed.” The news comes when the Ministry of Health announced that three new cases of the virus were detected in controlled isolation on Wednesday. The ministry said all patients …

[ad_1] All Covid-19 patients in the community have now recovered, says the Health Ministry. No active community cases – welcome news as Auckland prepares to move to alert level 1 tonight. There are three new cases of Covid-19 today in managed isolation. The first two cases reported today arrived from …