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Blood pressure meds won’t make COVID-19 worse

27 March 2020

Experts are urging people with high blood pressure to keep taking their medications as usual during the COVID-19 epidemic.
You’re waking up in lockdown, New Zealand. Here’s how it works

26 March 2020

Opinion: New Zealand in now in alert level 4, which means we have to stay within our bubbles, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
COVID-19: A best-case scenario

26 March 2020

Opinion: When it comes to COVID-19, we need to prepare for the worst. But there are also reasons for optimism, writes the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences' Robert Bartholomew.
New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown: The need for co-leadership with Māori

25 March 2020

Opinion: While the Covid-19 lockdown is needed, it will likely exacerbate major social and economic inequities, underlining the need for co-leadership with Māori, writes Dr Rhys Jones.
Peter Gluckman: Beyond this acute phase

24 March 2020

Opinion: While we are in the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is hard to think about the long term, but we must, writes Distinguished Professor Peter Gluckman.
Why equity for Māori must be prioritised during the COVID-19 response

20 March 2020

Opinion: Māori have fared worst in every pandemic New Zealand has seen. Measures must be taken to ensure equity during the COVID-19 outbreak or history will repeat, writes public health physician and senior lecturer Dr Rhys Jones.
COVID-19 and a new world etiquette

19 March 2020

Opinion: New Zealand can show the world how to both maintain social connection and keep ourselves safe during the Covid-19 crisis, writes Tanisha Jowsey.
Brain tissue increases after giving birth - study

19 March 2020

A new study has found that grey matter in women’s brains increases after they give birth.
How testing for COVID-19 works

18 March 2020

Opinion: How does testing for COVID-19 work? Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains how the process runs, why we’re not testing everyone who feels ill, and something you can do online immediately and easily to help the fight against the virus.
A new lead on a neglected disease

17 March 2020

Opinion: Rheumatic fever remains one of the starkest examples of health inequity in New Zealand. Nikki Moreland and Reuben McGregor outline their new lead in the hunt for immune therapies, and the wider collective action needed.
Could bacteria-attacking viruses hold a clue to obesity?

16 March 2020

Could a barely understood part of the gut microbiome – viruses that attack bacteria, known as phages – shed more light on the microbiome’s role in obesity?
New Zealand’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do

16 March 2020

Opinion: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done exactly what is needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in New Zealand and the Pacific, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.

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