Meningococcal
Appeal for youth to get free ACWY meningoccal vaccination
As thousands of university students check in to halls of residences around the country and students back at boarding school, a public medicine specialist is urging young people consider the free… Audio
'Tis the season for food poisoning
Christmas is a time for giving, but a public health expert says people aren't just receiving presents at this time of year.
Huge turn out on first day of Northland's vaccination programme
Hundreds of people queued in Northland today where an emergency free vaccination programme is being rolled out to combat a deadly meningococcal outbreak. Video, Audio
DHB gears up for mass vaccination programme
An emergency vaccination programme targeting a deadly meningococcal strain will roll out in Northland next week - more than six months after the District Health Board first raised concerns about the… Audio
Northland DHB wants to vaccinate more children against MenW
Northland DHB chairperson Nick Chamberlain says the 20,000 vaccines being flown in won't be enough to vaccinate all children aged between 9 months and 4 years and 13 and 19 years old, and the DHB… Video, Audio
Vaccination programme announced for Northland
20,000 meningococcal vaccines are being flown in for a three-week campaign targeted at Northland children and teenagers. The government says it had to act after six people, half from Northland, died… Audio