The waivers are part of an effort to boost recruitment numbers after the service failed to meet its recruiting goals in 2023.

Asthma hospitalisations among Māori have decreased, according to a new study, but experts warn there is still a long way to ...

A 'top five' alert over why anything from Christmas trees and gifts to festive food and drink could mean anything but ...

Despite being the third biggest killer in the UK, lung conditions currently only receive 2.5% of public investment spent on ...

Patterns of Asthma Medication Use and Hospital Discharges in Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand highlight a 32% drop in asthma hospitalisations for Māori ...

A group of 26 health professionals, is calling on the Government to improve access to and awareness of spirometry. It's a test used to investigate the cause of symptoms such as breathlessness, ...

Spirometry is a test used to investigate the cause of symptoms such as breathlessness, cough and wheeze, and is essential for ...

It adds that the most recent data shows that 7,110 people were admitted to UK hospitals with asthma attacks in December 2022. Any attack can be life-threatening, whatever the trigger, and four ...

MILLIONS have been urged to protect themselves a “tidal wave” of flu and winter bugs in the days before Christmas. Eligible ...

Delinking PBM service fees from drug prices and sharing rebate savings with patients, represent critical steps toward fixing ...

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 3:35 pm, a VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM likely to produce heavy, locally intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding was ...

The imbalance occurred largely in the African-American subpopulation: respiratory-related deaths or life-threatening experiences (20 vs 5; RR, 4.10; 95% CI, 1.54 to 10.90) and combined asthma ...