health & science

Surgical mesh: A decade of damage

Patient advocates say officials have passed the buck continuously ever since reports of surgical mesh causing injuries first made their way to NZ’s Government.

Aug 07 2017

Teuila Fuatai

Politics

Pay blunder means more rest home pain

As more than 100 rest homes face financial strife in the wake of the Government’s pay equity care deal, Newsroom reveals another funding blunder.

Aug 21 2017

Teuila Fuatai

Futurelearning

Fostering science’s accidental collisions

The University of Auckland’s new science building reflects the quest for knowledge that goes on within its transparent walls.

Aug 14 2017

Professor John Hosking

Futurelearning

Keep a close eye on NZ’s new health strategy

A new health research strategy could finally direct our scant health resources where they’re most needed.

Jul 04 2017

Jacqueline Cumming

Comment

It’s therapy, but not as we know it

Woebot doesn’t claim to be the light at the end of the tunnel, but it can help illuminate the way.

Jul 31 2017

Anna Connell

health & science

Using yeast to alter life’s blueprint

Scientists are using yeast to build DNA from scratch - and alter life’s blueprint.

Jul 27 2017

Associated Press

Politics

MP hits jarring note in disability debate

National MP Alistair Scott won few new supporters for the Government during a disability rights debate in Wellington.

Jul 17 2017

Lynn Grieveson

health & science

‘We’ve reached peak antibiotics’

Research into new antibiotics has been declining since a golden age in the 1940s-1960s. However, several NZ scientists are searching for answers.

Jul 14 2017

Naomi Arnold

health & science

What severe stress can do to a young brain

The damage caused to children from extreme stress is as severe as that of meningitis, polio or pertussis, US researchers say.

Jul 13 2017

Associated Press

Education

Blue boxes spur science skills

A group delivering science kits to schools is looking to support what could be the biggest change to the education curriculum in years..

Jul 12 2017

Paige Janssen

Comment

Drug reform: Let Māori speak of Māori

‘I was so pleased to see a quarter of the programme for the International Drug Symposium was dedicated to Maori perspectives.’

Jul 07 2017

Emma Espiner

health & science

Pay equity deal’s missing millions

Underfunding for the Government’s $2 billion pay equity deal threatens to derail health service providers.

Jun 30 2017

Teuila Fuatai

News

Dirty diesel skulduggery

Only a few years ago, diesel cars were going to help save the planet. Now, they’re looking like a public health catastrophe.

Jun 28 2017

Newsroom Contributor

Comment

Future doctors divided by debt

‘The path to a diverse health workforce which serves all New Zealanders equally is neither easy nor straightforward.’

Jun 20 2017

Emma Espiner