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'Teething issues': Concerns over placements of 120 new medical students
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (919+ words) Otago University wrote to the Government about potential issues with a new school in Waikato. (Source: 1News) A new board is being set up to ease disputes over clinical placements for an increasing intake of medical students. A new medical school…...
Final Covid verdict: 'Scars' remain, but Ardern says 'we got a lot right"
19+ hour, 59+ min ago (1275+ words) More than 5000 people have died of Covid in New Zealand since 2020. (Source: istock.com) The final report into New Zealand's handling of Covid has found the handling of the pandemic was generally strong, but says it has left the country…...
Tourist with measles visited Te Papa, botanical gardens
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (747+ words) Te Papa museum in Wellington. (Source: Supplied) A tourist who was in New Zealand while infected with measles visited Te Papa museum and the Wellington botanical gardens. On Sunday, Health New Zealand confirmed 13 other measles locations of interest linked to…...
Final Covid verdict: 'Scars' remain despite NZ responding 'well' to pandemic
23+ hour, 46+ min ago (1208+ words) More than 5000 people have died of Covid in New Zealand since 2020. (Source: istock.com) The final report into New Zealand's handling of Covid has found the handling of the pandemic was generally strong, but says it has left the country…...
Does honey really help when you’re sick or injured?
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1229+ words) Honey is often praised for a range of health benefits, from soothing a sore throat and helping you get to sleep to healing woulds and lowering risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. By Clare Collins for The Conversation Honey's…...
How a hardy native plant could help combat forever chemicals
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (688+ words) Harakeke, New Zealand flax. (Source: 1News) One of New Zealand's most common native plants could soon be used in tackling one of the world's most persistent pollution problems. Researchers at the University of Auckland have been putting the flax harakeke to…...
Christchurch dialysis patients told treatment could be rationed
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (741+ words) Christchurch facilities are first to feel the pinch is what is'feared'may become a nationwide problem.' (Source: 1News) Christchurch Hospital has warned kidney patients that dialysis treatment may be rationed due to a severe lack of staff and physical space. In a…...
Teenage irritability can be reduced by vitamins and minerals
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (1207+ words) Irritability is one of the most common and distressing problems teenagers and their families face. By Julia Rucklidge, Angela Sherin, Joseph Boden, and Roger Mulder for The Conversation. Its main symptom is an excessive reaction to negative emotional stimuli, resulting…...
Disaster at Moa Point exposes deep-seated issues, health experts warn
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (964+ words) Lyall Bay beach and the rest of Wellington's south coast has been off limits since the Moa Point treatment plant failed on 4 February. (Source: rnz.co.nz) Public health experts are warning the catastrophic failure of Wellington's Moa Point wastewater…...
Trump's unproven autism claims influenced care, study suggests
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (917+ words) Autism NZ says the US president's comments are harmful. (Source: 1News) Last year, US President Donald Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol as he promoted unproven ties between the fever reducer and autism and touted an old generic drug…...