Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New Zealand lifts Auckland virus lockdown

Schools across Auckland reopened Monday as New Zealand's largest city emerged from lockdown, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressing confidence a second-wave outbreak of coronavirus was under control.

Overweight & Obesity

Calorie under-reporting affects national obesity data

A new study in New Zealand analysing national nutrition data has revealed discrepancies between official reported figures for energy intake and the population's growing body size, which could have serious implications for ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

10 lessons from the pandemic—and why some countries struggled

Australia ranked eighth in the world 's Top 10 countries to manage their COVID-19 response well, with New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Cyprus, Rwanda and Iceland leading the way in an in-depth study by international ...

Health

Study shows more "quit" stimulus needed on cigarette packs

New research from the University of Otago, published recently in the prestigious BMJ-owned journal Tobacco Control, suggests tobacco plain packaging would be enhanced by clearer and more visually striking Quitline information.

Health

Up to 40% of older Kiwis drink hazardously

There is a common misconception that hazardous or risky drinking is something only young people do, but new research shows that between 35 to 40 per cent of New Zealanders aged 50 years or older may also drink hazardously.

HIV & AIDS

High level of HIV diagnoses in New Zealand persists in 2015

224 people were diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand in 2015—a similarly high figure to last year—according to data released today by the AIDS Epidemiology Group based at the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New Zealand confirms two more virus cases in community

New Zealand confirmed two new cases of the more virulent South African COVID-19 strain in the community Thursday, as investigators scrambled to determine how the virus breached border controls.

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