The number of people being diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand continues to decline, figures released today by the University of Otago's AIDS Epidemiology Group show.
May 12, 2022
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As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global gardening boom, with plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs sprouting in backyards and on balconies around ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Many patients recover from COVID within a week or two, but at least one in five experience persistent or new symptoms more than four weeks after first being diagnosed.
Apr 13, 2022
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A new hybrid COVID-19 variant dubbed XE has sparked fresh concerns recently.
Apr 11, 2022
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Most people welcomed the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, yet a non-trivial minority did not. Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views and assertively reject conventional medical or public health ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Ordering an online Uber Eats, other food, alcohol or vaping delivery from the comfort of your couch is hugely popular—but a new study is calling for urgent Government action, due to concerns unregulated, on-demand home ...
Apr 7, 2022
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A simple change to an assessment tool would double the capture rate of elder abuse sufferers, a University of Otago study has shown.
Apr 5, 2022
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As councils and central government consider what cities of the future will look like, a new tool has been developed to map how various features of where we live influence public health.
Apr 1, 2022
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Just when it looked like COVID cases were starting to fall after the high peaks of January, infections are rising once again around the world. The main driver of this latest surge is the more infectious BA.2 sub-lineage of ...
Mar 31, 2022
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The global burden of melanoma is considerable and is expected to increase by 2040, according to a study published online March 30 in JAMA Dermatology.
Mar 30, 2022
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