Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Outbreak brings Covid reality to Pacific communities
20 August 2020
Opinion: Despite misinformation, South Auckland’s Pacific community will match respond and overcome the latest Covid outbreak promptly, writes Collin Tukuitonga.
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How equal is access to stroke reperfusion therapy?
18 August 2020
Fourth-year medical student Isaac Samuels (Tainui) knows that by doing research he can make a real impact – and he found the perfect opportunity to do just that with a Brain Research New Zealand Māori Summer Scholarship.
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Learning to live with Covid is not a viable option
18 August 2020
Professor Rod Jackson sets the record straight on calls to let Covid-19 into Aotearoa.
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Promising tool to tackle autism
18 August 2020
Scientists at the University of Auckland have discovered a supplement could hold the key to reducing autism.
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Why we’re adding masks to our Covid-19 toolkit
17 August 2020
Opinion: Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains the simple rules for wearing face masks during levels two and three – and how they can effectively limit the spread of Covid-19.
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Reckless and unsafe: Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine
14 August 2020
Opinion: Russia claims it has a Covid-19 vaccine and is recklessly and unethically moving to distribute it. Helen Petousis-Harris explains why that's so wrong.
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One quarter of high school students report depression
13 August 2020
The Youth19 Rangitahi Smart Survey has found the rate of depression reported by high school students has almost doubled since 2012.
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How genome sequencing could crack the case of the NZ Covid comeback
13 August 2020
Opinion: The novel coronavirus mutates as it travels between people and around the world. By sequencing the genome, we can try to work out which case is linked with another, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
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GPs frustrated over testing in lead-up to lockdown
13 August 2020
GPs say mixed messages before lockdown limited testing opportunities.
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Auckland teaching excellence acknowledged in national awards
13 August 2020
A third of the nine academics recognised in this year's New Zealand Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards are from the University of Auckland.
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Don’t panic. We can do this together.
12 August 2020
Opinion: Aotearoa surpassed 100 days without a case of community transmission of Covid-19. Last night that virus-free streak ended and we’re moving back up the alert levels. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains why that has to happen.
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Covid-19 no ‘great equaliser’
11 August 2020
Opinion: Those most impacted by Covid-19 are those who can least afford to weather it, write Professor Merryn Gott and Dr Jackie Robinson.