New Zealand backs study for safer alternative to opioids

A New Zealand-led research team who have developed a suite of non-addictive drug compounds to treat pain have received a...

July 6, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand emphasises on dental healthcare for children

Urgent and radical change is needed to address the declining dental health of Aotearoa’s children, but the pr...

July 6, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Volpara Health partners with Microsoft to fight heart diseases in women

New Zealand-based Volpara Health Technologies has announced a new research and development collaboration with Microsoft ...

June 24, 2022 | Friday | News
New Zealand designs medical tool for gut disorders

Alimetry, a spin-out of New Zealand's Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and the Faculty of Medical & Health Sc...

June 20, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand unveils first mobile optometry clinic

New Zealand's first custom-built mobile optometry service has been launched at the University of Auckland in a bid to im...

June 14, 2022 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand shows strong link between COVID‑19 and worsening mental health

An international study, involving hundreds of New Zealanders, has sparked a call for more public health awareness of the...

June 8, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand's Ministry of Health announces interim structure

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has announced the Ministry of Health’s new interim structure. The...

June 8, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand to design risk-prediction tool to help patients predict asthma attacks

A project to develop a real-time risk-prediction tool that takes information from the environment and smart devices and ...

June 6, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand lays focus on predicting effects of traumatic brain injury

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand have received $150,000 from the Health Researc...

May 30, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand announces funding worth $40.7 M for development of novel mRNA vaccines, therapies

The University of Auckland in New Zealand has received budget funding of $40.7 million for development of novel mRNA vac...

May 24, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Biopharma Helico raises seed funding for producing edible medicines

New Zealand based startup Biopharma Helico has completed an AUD $1.8 million seed funding round, attracting internationa...

May 18, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Long COVID could cast decades-long shadow: Symposium in NZ

The shadow of lasting illness could be with us for decades once the acute phase of the COVID‑19 pandemic has passed, t...

May 18, 2022 | Wednesday | News
NZ reports decline in number of people diagnosed with HIV

The number of people being diagnosed with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in New Zealand (NZ) continues to ...

May 16, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand backs Parkinson's disease research with new grant

  A team of researchers- Professor Leigh Hale and Dr Paulo Henrique Silva Pelicioni, of the School of Physiotherap...

March 28, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand puts focus on designing mRNA vaccine for Staphylococcus bug

A group of scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand are working towards developing an mRNA-based vaccine ...

March 21, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand and WHO partner for healthier future

Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Nanaia Mahuta recently met for the first time with Dr Tedros Adhan...

March 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand launches $1M fund to enhance healthcare workforce

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand has launched a $1 million fund to help former nurses return to the healthcare...

February 21, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand to hold trial of bionic pacemaker that can reverse heart failure

A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialled in New Ze...

February 18, 2022 | Friday | News