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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Why you can get sunburnt through a window but it won't help with your vitamin D needs
     27 June 2024
    ??While UV exposure through a window can contribute to sunburn and skin cancer, it won't trigger vitamin D production. Here's what you need to know.
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    A funding boost for NZ’s drug-buying agency Pharmac to pay for cancer drugs is welcome – but it won’t solve underlying issues
    27 Jun: Cancer patients will benefit from the investment but so will people with other health conditions because the funding also covers medicines that Pharmac ranked as more important.... more
    Australians will soon only be able to buy vapes from pharmacies. Should New Zealand follow suit?
    27 Jun: Young people should be protected from taking up vaping but policies must be proportionate and reduce the appeal and addictiveness of both tobacco and vaping products.... more
    Drug harm is costing the country billions and leading many to crisis point - prompting calls for an urgent shift in the system
    27 Jun: Drug harm is costing the country billions and leading many to crisis point - prompting calls for an urgent shift in the system... more
    A man was left badly burnt from chin to waist after an incorrect dose of photo-therapy
    24 Jun: A man was left badly burnt from chin to waist after an incorrect dose of photo-therapy... more
    Work on a permanent upgrade to Queenstown's water treatment facility begins today
    24 Jun: Work on a permanent upgrade to Queenstown's water treatment facility begins today... more
    Calls for more research around long covid - so action can be taken by the Ministry of Health
    23 Jun: Calls for more research around long covid - so action can be taken by the Ministry of Health... more
    Sleep health has been in the spotlight in Dunedin this week
    23 Jun: Sleep health has been in the spotlight in Dunedin this week... more
    The beginnings of a whooping cough outbreak across the country
    23 Jun: The beginnings of a whooping cough outbreak across the country... more
    The government's due to announce Pharmac funding and what could boost its medicine budget up 40-percent
    22 Jun: The government's due to announce Pharmac funding and what could boost its medicine budget up 40-percent... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     07 Jun: A new report out of Otago University has shone light on the lack of access to appropriate specialist healthcare ++++++++++++++++
     16 Jun: NSW allocates $450 million for more than 400 build-to-rent homes for essential workers ++++++++++++++
     12 Jun: A student in the University of Auckland's halls of residence has been hospitalised with meningococcal disease ++++++++++++++
     02 Jun: An Otago University researcher is reminding parents to branch out as baby food pouches take over the market +++++++++++++
     17 Jun: A structured literacy advocate says testing needs to be an important part of teaching ++++++++++++
     06 Jun: Free RAT tests will continue to be available for Kiwis - for now ++++++++++
     30 May: Hopes key population data released from the Census will be able to influence Government policy ++++++++++


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