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Getting sick in lockdown – Expert Reaction

Getting sick in lockdown – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 24 April 2020

Despite the dramatic reduction in social interaction at Alert Level 4, some of us are still getting sick with conditions […]

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Vitamin C, cancer and infection – Expert Q&A

Vitamin C, cancer and infection – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 14 February 2019

Researchers will meet in Auckland this week to discuss the potential role of Vitamin C in cancer and infection. The Vitamin C […]

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Surgical sterilisation – Expert Reaction

Surgical sterilisation – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 February 2019

The Hawke’s Bay DHB has reported inadequately-sterilised surgical equipment was potentially used on 55 patients. Blood-borne infectious diseases such as […]

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Cattle disease found in NZ – Expert Q&A

Cattle disease found in NZ – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 27 July 201703 August 2018

MPI is responding to the discovery of a cattle disease on a South Canterbury farm. Mycoplasma bovis is common internationally but this is the […]

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FDA crackdown on antibacterial soaps – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 18 December 201324 December 2013

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling on soap manufacturers to come clean about how effective antibacterial hands […]

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Infectious disease increases highlight inequality

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 February 201221 February 2012

An extensive analysis of New Zealand hospital records has found that admissions for serious infectious diseases increased 51 per cent […]

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‘Flesh-eating’ bug in the news

In the News  |  Published: 28 September 201128 September 2011

New research has found that the incidence of a tissue damaging bacterial infection – necrotising fascitits – is rising in […]

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Foot and mouth disease study questions need for mass culling

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 May 201106 May 2011

Cattle infected with foot and mouth disease (FMD) are only infectious for a brief window of time, around half what […]

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Vaccines and Immunisation

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 18 June 200819 June 2011

What is immunisation? Immunisation is a way of preventing infectious diseases through the use of vaccines. How does the immune […]

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