Data confirms rural areas falling behind in COVID-19 vaccination rates
COVID-19 vaccination rates in rural areas in New Zealand are significantly lower than in urban areas, an analysis of data by University of Otago researchers reveals.
Associate Professor Garry Nixon and his team from the...
Otago researcher discovers first brain marker for an anxiety disorder
A University of Otago researcher has discovered a brain signal that will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders.
Professor Neil McNaughton and his team from the Department of Psychology have completed the...
Aotearoa’s maternity system found to “privilege whiteness”
A study undertaken as part of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Whānau Manaaki research programme shows that evidence-based medical care is systematically advantaging and privileging outcomes for some women within Aotearoa New Zealand’s maternity...
Accuracy of DHB figures questioned by University of Otago study
The accuracy of District Health Board (DHB) data on the use of consultants and contractors has been questioned by an Otago University research team.
The research team from the University’s Centre for Health Systems and...
Physiotherapy’s vital role in treating long COVID
As more about the effects of long COVID is learnt, it is apparent that cardio-respiratory physiotherapists have an essential role in helping people recover from the virus, a University of Otago physiotherapy specialist says.
Dr...
Cataract surgery top target for reducing emissions in health care
When it comes to reducing the country’s carbon emissions, most of us will be looking to the energy and transport sectors, or to agriculture.
But Dr Jesse Gale, a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University...
COVID-19 vaccine model failing Kiwis with chronic health conditions: Study
Thousands of Kiwis with long-term health conditions remain COVID-19 vaccine hesitant and over a quarter (29%) had not been offered a vaccine, according to new research.
The Zoom Health study found a seventh (14%) of...
Tracking COVID-19 and variants of concern in wastewater around the globe
An international team of researchers led by the University of Otago and Western University, Canada, is investigating how wastewater can provide an accurate picture of COVID-19 cases in a population and detect emerging variants...
A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help...
Richard Edwards, Louise Marsh, Lindsay Robertson, Frederieke Petrović-van der Deen, Nick Wilson, and Janet Hoek* discuss the arguments for and against one of the proposals included in the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan Discussion Document that...
Global eradication of COVID-19 should not be dismissed – new analysis
Eradicating COVID-19 across the globe is theoretically more feasible than for polio but much less so than it was for smallpox, according to an analysis by New Zealand researchers.
The researchers, writing in the international...
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