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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and is strongly related to the severity of the initial illness. There are insufficient data to provide a trajectory or a timeline … blog by Kvalsvig et al. provides an excellent overview of what we know now 18 . Although the UK National Institute for …
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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … critique of a study that modelled how key components of the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan would affect smoking … outputs that focus on economic and morbidity impacts are in preparation. On 7 November 2022, a highly negative … rate each year for five years. The graph below shows what the predicted future smoking prevalence was for a sex by …
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  • Backing off international infant formula standards: A retrograde step

    … Summary Infant nutrition is a key determinant of health. The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk … and laws relating to infant and young child nutrition are necessary to protect health Breastfeeding is optimal … and wellbeing must take priority over company profits.  What’s new in this Briefing    Aggressive marketing of …
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  • Update on Long-COVID

    … on Long-COVID and reports that estimates of prevalence are still wide at about 15 to 65% of those initially infected with the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2. As things stand now across … as a result of sufferers finding each other on Twitter. What is Long-COVID? That proves to be a question without an …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … Summary Recently released documents from the Ministry of Health and Associate Health Minister Casey … tobacco industry submissions, raising questions about what had motivated the SERPA Act repeal. From December 2023, … Ministry documents explain that, although smoking rates are declining, substantial inequities persist, with Māori …
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  • Long COVID: Century-old Lessons We Still Have Not Learned

    … This long-read blog updates what is known about long COVID – now informed by some very large studies and a meta-analysis. The two most concerning aspects of long COVID are its high prevalence (up to 30% of those infected) and, as …
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  • Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed

    … time to observe this evolving new virus we cannot yet see the full picture of Long Covid, but its impacts are already substantial and measurable in individuals, … of infection (eg, those occupations highlighted above). What this Briefing adds Our evidence summary strongly …
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  • Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety

    … Summary After the world’s largest recorded campylobacteriosis outbreak … National-led Government established a formal inquiry into what went wrong and lessons for the future. This led to … suite of changes currently proposed and ensure that they are not setting the stage for another major outbreak. …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … Summary This Briefing reports on our survey of the political parties’ tax policies. It finds that … tax reductions for low-income citizens of Aotearoa NZ are being proposed by two parties ( Te Pāti Māori and the … 20 and the effectiveness of fertiliser taxes. 21-23 What this Briefing adds This political party survey found …
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  • Throwing open the windows: The need for ventilation improvements as part of Covid-19 outbreak control in Aotearoa

    … The importance of indoor aerosol transmission of the virus … as masking and physical distancing, further protections are needed to prevent the spread of the virus. Interventions … Furthermore, shared air space is far more likely given what is now known about the likely rarity of transmission via …
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