New Zealand health authorities have tested and are monitoring New Zealand school children who have returned from Mexico with flu-like […]
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Concerns about advice from staff in health food stores
A study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today raises concerns about advice being given by people working in […]
Continue readingDavid Cohen – NBR column: Science reporters in the dark
A column by National Business Review media commentator David Cohen on the media’s coverage of autism and MeNZB. An excerpt: […]
Continue readingNZH: Polypill set to combat killer condition
An article in today’s New Zealand Herald looks at a five-pill trial involving Auckland University and New Zealand patients that […]
Continue readingBody mass index and mortality – the risks of being obese
A new study was published in The Lancet this month, which looked at body mass index (BMI) and cause-specific mortality […]
Continue readingNew Pacific Food Security Report
A new report is published this month by the Obesity Action Coalition on Food Security for Pacific Peoples in New […]
Continue readingNZH Q&A with Tim Groser on climate change and Copenhagen
Read the Q&A by Herald environment writer Eloise Gibson in full here. An excerpt: NZH: Will the Government announce new […]
Continue readingEmerging kiwi scientists awarded research fellowships
The Foundation for Research Science and Technology has announced this year’s recipients of its annual postdoctoral fellowships. Research topics for […]
Continue readingClimate science hands off to the politicians
The International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen wrapped up last week with a series of key messages it […]
Continue readingNew scientific research units for AUT
AUT: Eradicating a cause of economic loss in New Zealand’s dairy industry is one of several key research areas for […]
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