Professor Peter Gluckman, the founding director of the Liggins Institute and a world-leading medical researcher, was today named the Prime […]
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A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.
Allergy Awareness Week
One in five New Zealanders suffer from allergic diseases, and symptoms range from relatively mild to severe and potentially life-threatening. […]
Continue readingQANTAS – science, health environment, tech reporting rewarded
Reporters showing excellence in heath, science, environmental and technology journalism throughout 2007 were rewarded on Froday night at the Qantas […]
Continue readingComplaints about Downsize Me partially upheld
Recent complaints made about the TV programme Downsize Me have been partially upheld by the Boradcasting Standards Authority. Jan Milne, […]
Continue readingOprah criticised for spreading unfounded vaccination fears.
Slate Magazine in the USA has this month criticised Oprah Winfrey for providing a prominent platform for actress and vaccine […]
Continue readingCancer in New Zealand
An editorial in the latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal raises concerns that cancer, the single largest cause […]
Continue readingScience body speaks out on Salinger sacking
A release issued today by the New Zealand Association of Scientists. NZ Association of Scientists concerned about freedom of speech […]
Continue readingWHO holds steady at level 5, one step from a pandemic
The World Health Organisation is tonight holding its pandemic alert at five, indicating that swine flu is spreading human-to-human in […]
Continue readingSwine flu “likely” among New Zealand students
New Zealand health authorities have tested and are monitoring New Zealand school children who have returned from Mexico with flu-like […]
Continue readingConcerns about advice from staff in health food stores
A study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today raises concerns about advice being given by people working in […]
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