A referendum next year will decide whether New Zealanders should be allowed to request assisted dying. Experts say if the End […]
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Current state of antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand – Expert Q&A
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing concern worldwide as disease-causing microbes evolve resistance to the faithful drugs we use to kill […]
Continue readingMeasles in the Pacific – Expert Q&A
After prolonged outbreaks in Christchurch and Auckland, measles is taking root in the Pacific. The established outbreaks in Samoa and […]
Continue readingNew Zealand’s space economy – Expert Reaction
New Zealand’s space sector contributed $1.69 billion to the economy in the last financial year, according to a report commissioned […]
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Continue readingVitamin E acetate found in lungs of vaping victims – Expert Reaction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is narrowing in on vitamin E acetate as a potential cause of […]
Continue readingBushfires rage along Australia’s East Coast – Expert Reaction
Devastating bushfires along the New South Wales and Queensland coastline have caused the loss of more than 150 homes and […]
Continue readingMeasuring changes to our environment – Expert Reaction
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) Simon Upton has reviewed our environmental reporting system and found it wanting. In […]
Continue readingMonthly birth control patch – Expert Reaction
US researchers have developed a new reversible contraceptive microneedle patch that slowly releases the hormone levonorgestrel over the course of […]
Continue readingSatellite to measure methane emissions – Expert Reaction
Mission control for an international space mission to locate and measure global methane emissions will be based in New Zealand. […]
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