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Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?
… the citizens' right to know where AI is being used and how well it performs. Evaluating AI systems is crucial, … which can engage in humanlike dialogues with a user, or systems like MidJourney, which can generate images. … Advisor recently released a report on AI and healthcare , 1 which makes many specific recommendations and outlines a …
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Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport
… on recommendations by three Government-commissioned bodies and the World Health Organization. Viable sponsorship … 2010 Law Commission review of New Zealand’s alcohol laws, 1 the 2014 Ministerial Forum on Alcohol Advertising and … in circumstances where the expected audience is 80% or more adults. In addition, any mention or portrayal (orally …
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Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues
… publicised review on the cancer risk from processed meat and red meat. Here we briefly look at this topic and also … the carcinogenicity of consuming red and processed meat (1). Over 400 different epidemiological studies on cancer in … through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to enhance flavour or improve …
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The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new
… This is a sensible move to make the city safer and more attractive for carbon-sparing, health-promoting … The Parade in Island Bay, Wellington. These run for about 1.6 km on each side of the road and are, mostly, separated … and designated parking spaces. But it isn’t mundane or boring. Construction hasn’t finished, but already “Island …
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Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa
… of housing instability. This Briefing reports the findings and implications of a study focused on LGBTIQ+ people’s … despite only comprising 5-10% of the general population. 1 LGBTIQ+ people experience disproportionately high rates of … next door when they, the prospective neighbours, had kids. Or landlords entering people’s houses and rifling through …
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Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic
… such as COVID-19 require us to draw on our common humanity and be explicit about our values. Recognising this will help … the difficult decisions that are needed. We are at phase 1 and 2 of the New Zealand (Influenza) Pandemic Plan : ‘plan for it’, and ‘keep it out’ or border management. Soon we might be at phase 3 ‘stamp it …
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Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives
… a population can beat Covid-19: (i) eliminate the virus and keep infected people out (the approach NZ is taking); … to be at least half of any population for Covid-19); or (iii) develop an effective vaccine, which is the ideal way … occur among, say 100 infected people. So, if the IFR was 1 in 100, then there would be one death among 100 infected …
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Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks
… scenario given the high infectiousness of this variant and the emerging evidence that vaccines may be less effective … use, more targeted vaccinations, a revised pandemic plan [1] , revisions to the Alert Levels and improvements to … people (much higher than the original strain R o =2.79 [3] or even the Alpha variant with R o =4-5 ). To put this into …
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The case for banning cigarette filters
… out a perceptive vision for reducing smoking prevalence and ensuring that, once the goal is reached, future … below). As the harms of smoking became well-established, 1 2 filters’ role as a potential “reduced risk” tool … tobacco companies introduced filter ventilation; vents, or small perforations around the filter to make “dragging” …
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Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed
… of the consultation process to denicotinise cigarettes and reduce the number of stores selling tobacco, Associate … right to protection from highly addictive products? 1 To address this question, we first explore the strategies … known colloquially as the “4Ps”; 2 these include place (or availability); product design; promotion , and price . …
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