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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … to vape daily despite never smoking increasing from 3.1% in 2021 to 4.3% in 2022” [our emphasis]. This description, which assumes … a financial burden, and disrupted whānau relationships. 3 Many young people who experiment with smoking do not …
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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … A just published modelling study by the BODE 3 Team has reported that “home safety assessment and … injurious falls among community-dwelling older people (3). It usually involves a two-stage intervention consisting … for preventing injurious falls (6). What the new BODE 3 Study found The study used a Markov macro-simulation model …
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  • A new review on dietary fats: Putting its findings in context

    … fats – with the latter ideally being long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (as found in fish, flax seed and nuts). The … of saturated fat, monounsaturated fat, and both omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fats. At first glance you might … have already suggested a protective effect of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (measured as intake …
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  • Aotearoa’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza: Heightened awareness and surveillance essential for early detection

    … from the globally circulating HPAI H5N1 subclade 2.3.4.4b, which, to date, has never been detected in New … adapt, acquiring mutations that result in severe disease. 3 The detection of this highly pathogenic strain, subtype … distinct from the globally spreading HPAI H5N1 subclade 2.3.4.4b. With its wide host range, this lineage of HPAI H5N1 …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … events (eg, bars, night clubs, gyms and churches). 3) Reduce the risk of virus transmission by expanding mask … mask use requirements for the Alert Level 4 situation [3]. But this policy does not go far enough and it should … sense to delay the roll-out for other people in Groups 3 and 4, until the demand from essential workers is …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … implementing widely recommended preventive policies (3, 4) to match the magnitude of the burden that unhealthy … implementation is much worse for the policy indicators (2/3 of indicators rated as having ‘low’ or ‘very little if any’ … than for the infrastructure support indicators (1/3 of indicators rated as having ‘low’ or ‘very little if any’ …
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  • The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand

    … in an estimated 5,500 cases, 45 hospitalisations, and 3 deaths by the time it was over [ 1 ]. Total economic costs … improve the management of drinking water supplies in NZ [ 3 ]. The Report is hard hitting, identifying a major failure … of Health have no role in establishing this regulator [ 3 ]. The bigger picture of eroded and fragmented public …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … unable to work and drop out of the workforce altogether. 1-3 Those who remain in the workforce may find themselves less … GDP losses from Long Covid during 2024 to be 0.5-2.3% (mean 1.0%; median 0.6%) across eight high-income … that individuals with self-reported Long Covid worked 7.3-9.4 fewer hours a week in 2023/4 than they did before the …
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  • Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

    … have raised public concerns over nitrate contamination. 1-3 Our recent study of the current nitrate levels in NZ … far below the current drinking water nitrate limit of 11.3 mg/L set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO … is the basis of the current drinking water standard of 11.3 mg/L used in NZ. What is the impact of adverse birth …
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  • Dropping the ball on measles? Aotearoa must close an ‘immunity gap’ to avoid a measles epidemic

    … still prevented an estimated 90-95% of expected cases. 3 Subsequent immunisation coverage improvements and lowering … and address concerns of vaccine-hesitant parents; and (3) vaccinate.  One option for staff resourcing is to defer … in Appendix 2 and consider other border measures. 3. Rethink our response to measles cases The public health …
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