Public Health

The West Coast has become the 17th DHB to fully vaccinate more than 90% of its residents with two doses

Treating skin infections in children should be a high priority following research confirming streptococcus skin infections can trigger acute rheumatic fever, says University of Otago researcher Julie Bennett

A summary of how Aotearoa New Zealand could improve preparations for a likely national outbreak of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to minimise harms to health and the economy

Three main pillars were described in the “health reforms” announced by health minister Andrew Little in April and being lined up to take effect in July next year

Everyone stops what they’re doing to learn a dance, and you almost forget why you are there

The COVID-19 pandemic, as we know all too well by now, is the great disruptor

Fellow fans of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction series will understand why I have been waiting most of this year for Foundation to air

A cake was a welcome addition to specialist GP Dougal Thorburn’s studies recently

Somebody who was probably older and undoubtedly wiser than me must have once said, “We never stop learning.”

As we went to press, the jury was out as to the impact the new COVID variant Omicron will have on the global COVID-19 pandemic