Opinion: Treating drug use as a crime is not effective
Health and science opinion
Q&A – avian influenza H5N1
The virus has now spread to all continents except Oceania and was recently confirmed in a US dairy worker who contracted it from cows
Low levels of ‘forever chemicals’ doesn’t mean we can wash our hands of them
Opinion: A study finds NZ drinking water has low levels of a class of chemicals known for persisting in the environment, but there are caveats
AI’s huge potential to improve healthcare
Opinion: We are already using Artificial Intelligence to transform healthcare services
Time to give your heart (and wallet) an oil change
Opinion: If you’re looking to cut back on the cost of living, here are the alternatives to olive oil
Who will now investigate the case of Billy Guyton?
Opinion: The beleaguered Sunday programme covered a rugby scandal in the making – who will ask those questions when it is shut down?
Some questions about fasting
Opinion: Doug Sellman argues that a recent report linking fasting to a high risk of cardiovascular disease is inconsistent with the existing evidence
Beware of science illusions
Analysis: From LanzaTech’s ‘sustainable ethanol’ to the Govt ‘doubling renewable electricity’, we sometimes see what we’re told to see
We can be ready for an opioid crisis
Opinion: Framing opioid overdose as an economic exchange abstracts the lives and deaths of overdose victims – and obscures the deeply social conditions that help the crisis thrive
Could you please chew more quietly?
Help might be on the way for those who find sounds like chewing so infuriating it’s affecting their quality of life
The unkindest cut of all for Māori maternal health
More research is needed to ensure equitable health outcomes for pregnant parents and whānau
‘Accessibility’ is for everyone
International Wheelchair Day is not only about what is relevant to a select group of people; what makes life easier for a minority is likely to make life easier for everyone else as well