Category: Health

Health

NZ hospitals urged to adopt single rooms to improve safety and care

Only 30% of Wellington and Hutt hospitals have single rooms.

November 3, 2024 4 Comments

Health

Cannabis use during pregnancy linked to aggression and academic struggles in children

“Many risks.”

November 2, 2024 3 Comments

World

Australians distrust government and won’t accept lockdowns and vaccine mandates again, COVID inquiry finds

Government actions fuelled inflation.

November 1, 2024 8 Comments

Health

Ruminating on ruminants: NZ pours $13.5m into methane vaccine for gassy livestock

What could go wrong?

October 30, 2024 52 Comments

Exclusives

NZ Medical Council’s COVID actions look like a historical overreach

MCNZ’s strict COVID rules enforcement was like a modern-day witch hunt, where even mild dissent was met with swift punishment.

October 30, 2024 38 Comments

Summaries

Should patients choose medical staff by race? A closer look at affirmative action in New Zealand’s health system

It’s not like NZ doesn’t have a precedent.

October 24, 2024 34 Comments

Health

Was proper treatment of the seriously ill the only COVID intervention ever needed?

A focus on treating the seriously ill could have prevented unnecessary lockdowns and masks.

October 22, 2024 39 Comments

Exclusives

Broad funding guidelines for Rongoā Māori, while other alternative therapies remain uncovered by ACC

While traditional Māori healing practices enjoy ACC funding, questions about fairness and accountability remain and proven alternative therapies that are not Maori are mostly shut out.

October 21, 2024 22 Comments

Summaries

Eating eggs linked to better memory in women, says 52-year study

Get crackin’!

October 19, 2024 1 Comment

Health

Is a national security response to the next pandemic warranted? Ashley Bloomfield thinks so

Really.

October 19, 2024 112 Comments