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In the news: Over 53K people living in rural areas at highest risk of campylobacteriosis - especially children
… Dr Farnaz Pourzand from the University of Otago was … for their urban counterparts on treated water supplies. Dr Pourzand was also interviewed by Newstalk ZB and …
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In the news: The cancer-causing dangers in our workplaces
… agents throughout the course of people's careers. Dr Amanda Eng and Professor John Potter were interviewed on … exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high . Dr Eng was interviewed for a news item on Stuff, Shift work …
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FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling
… Professor Tony Blakely, Associate Professor Nick Wilson, Dr Helen Eyles Ever tried to convince your colleagues, kids … Disclaimers: Professor Tony Blakely is a co-Director, and Dr Helen Eyles a co-Investigator, of the HRC-funded programme … undertaking the above mentioned randomised control trial. Dr Helen Eyles is a Research Fellow at NIHI and led the …
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Why do so many fear the bicycle?
… sufficient to cause the person affected to visit a hospital emergency department, and injuries that lead to a … an injury sufficiently severe to cause a visit to the hospital was similar. If you rode a bike three times a week, … Figure 1. Risk of injury sufficient to cause a visit to a hospital emergency department, or lead to a claim to ACC, per …
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COVID-19 in Aotearoa: what does public health do now?
… other significant health issues too as primary care and hospital services become stretched. We will see people … resources and effort going forwards. Author details: Dr Belinda Loring, Public Health Medicine Specialist, Senior … The University of Auckland b.loring@auckland.ac.nz Dr Ruth Cunningham, Public Health Medicine Specialist, Senior …
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Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned
… photographs of people wearing masks and a reference to Dr Hastings in Temuka requiring “gauze masks” for shop … records (EHRs). The outcomes of interest were rates of hospital readmission for COVID-19 survivors and any admission … Hauora and Health, Massey University, Wellington. Email: j.d.potter@massey.ac.nz . Phone: 021-230-5181 … Long COVID: …
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Media release: The hidden Campylobacter infection risk in rural New Zealand
… , a leading cause of gastroenteritis. Lead author Dr Farnaz Pourzand from the Department of Public Health, … outbreak linked to contaminated community drinking water. Dr Pourzand says almost a decade later, protections for …
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Testing for COVID-19 in NZ to achieve the elimination goal
… come to medical attention in either primary care or as hospital admissions. Additionally, cases may remain … community-based assessment centres (CBACs) or directly to hospital, often following advice from Helpline. It seems … under 2% of COVID-19 cases are sufficiently ill to need hospital care (though the NZ experience to date of a very low …
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Media release: A call to make Invasive Group A Strep notifiable in New Zealand
… published today by the Public Health Communication Centre, Dr Julie Bennett from the University of Otago, Wellington … diagnosis, and correct treatment can be lifesaving,” says Dr Bennett. Making iGAS notifiable would also help with …
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SARS-CoV-2: A modern Greek Tragedy?
… the SARS1 and MERS viruses did. There is no evidence from hospital surveillance records of the epidemic gathering … Health, taking place at the Wuhan Institute of Virology: “Dr. Shi set out to create novel coronaviruses with the … backbone and spike protein… It cannot yet be stated that Dr. Shi did or did not generate SARS2 in her lab because her …
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