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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    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
    Healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis as US exits WHO and USAid freezes funds: health scholar explains why
    11 Feb: US withdrawal from the WHO and of all foreign aid will have dire consequences for Africa. It’s time the continent took responsibility for its own people.... 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
    Emaciated hostages anger Israelis, with freed Palestinians hospitalised
    9 Feb: The emaciated appearance of three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas sparks anger across the community, with their condition likened to that of Holocaust survivors.... more
    Patients are waiting too long for heart surgery
    8 Feb: Patients are waiting too long for heart surgery... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     31 Jan: It's been a late Friday lunch for Auckland schools getting their new meal deliveries for students +++++++++++++++
     31 Jan: The Blues have beaten the Crusaders 35-19 in their first hit-out, ahead of the Super Rugby Pacific season +++++++++++++
     04 Feb: Auckland Japanese restaurant - Taiko says it's cooperating with authorities following reports of a food-borne illness outbreak +++++++++++++
     26 Jan: High school students may be more likely to say no to vaping, if they know more about its effects +++++++++++++
     18 Jan: SailGP's New Zealand Grand Prix in Auckland could signal a turn for hospitality venues on Wynyard Quarter ++++++++++++
     07 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 +++++++++++
     18 Jan: No new Fruit Flies have been discovered, in more than two weeks +++++++++++


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    Rugby League:
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    Cricket:
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    Health & Safety:
    Calls for the Government to push forward with funded health checks for intellectually disabled people - now it's got the research to back it 9:26

    Cricket:
    The Auckland Aces have moved to the top of cricket's Ford Trophy ladder after a 71-run win over last-placed Northern Districts at Eden Park's outer oval 9:16

    International:
    Three Israeli hostages to be released from Gaza on Saturday named 9:06

    Rugby:
    The Highlanders are lamenting a lack of ruthlessness after losing their opening Super Rugby Pacific match at the death, 37-36 to the Waratahs in Sydney 8:26

    Motoring:
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