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

    … Long COVID occurs in at least 20-30% of individuals who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and is … blog by Kvalsvig et al. provides an excellent overview of what we know now 18 . Although the UK National Institute for … levels of detectable virus; this suggests that activation does not result from direct viral infection but, rather, from …
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  • Update on Long-COVID

    … an earlier post on Long-COVID and reports that estimates of prevalence are still wide at about 15 to 65% of those … as a result of sufferers finding each other on Twitter. What is Long-COVID? That proves to be a question without an … that, for many, the burden of infection with SARS-CoV-2 does not end with discharge from hospital, with the …
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  • More wastewater testing could guide optimal Covid-19 control on the path back to elimination

    … This blog briefly considers the issue of wastewater testing as part of Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ. Our analysis suggests … the use of wastewater testing, community testing does still have a critical role to play, especially if cases …
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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 … and a meta-analysis. The two most concerning aspects of long COVID are its high prevalence (up to 30% of those … onset or persisting symptoms three months after an acute episode of COVID‐19 which impact daily functioning and were …
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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 wellbeing must take priority over company profits.  What’s new in this Briefing    Aggressive marketing of … remains contemporary and meaningful. The formula industry does not recognise these updates, although they are a …
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  • An open letter to Cabinet Ministers from 74 health professors calling for a sugary drinks tax

    … are very concerned by New Zealand’s appallingly high rate of childhood obesity, the fourth highest in the world. In … a national health priority, however, its action plan of 22 ‘soft’ strategies, which was launched last year with no … a significant tax on sugary drinks as a core component of strengthened strategies to reduce childhood obesity and …
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  • Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed

    … collectively known as Long Covid. With only four years of follow-up time to observe this evolving new virus we … of infection (eg, those occupations highlighted above). What this Briefing adds Our evidence summary strongly … hardship than having experienced a severe acute Covid-19 episode. 90 These findings indicate a need to extend a NZ …
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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 Costello’s … tobacco industry submissions, raising questions about what had motivated the SERPA Act repeal. From December 2023, … and, as much as we'd like to think it, reducing supply does not reduce demand." "The last government was moving …
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  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … treatment is currently largely ineffective and aspects of the underlying pathophysiology unclear, there is good evidence that much of it is preventable. In particular measures overlap with … of dementia than we imagined: at least some aspects of what were thought to be key data on Alzheimer’s disease are …
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  • More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan

    … a 147km cycle network around the city, the vast majority of which is new. This will mean most suburbs in the city have … city a better place to live by reducing traffic and noise. What can we expect from this level of cycle network? About … trips in Wellington are cycled. This is consistent with what we’d expect given current infrastructure and is actually …
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