Deanne The urgency is real. We need to be sampling our population asap. This is how we learn. Instead, we turn a bind eye...its truly disheartening to be in a country that's shown no interest or urgency to learn from this... Our efforts are globally united, yet we lack local support 💔

Alexa, Siri and the other bots hanging out in the server break room again

“I started medical school with a head full of dreams. I ended it with a head full of facts. The dreams evaporated first, the facts soon after.”

NSAIDs and contraceptives: critical thinking on a harmful drug interaction bmj.com/content/382/bm…

One of the most disgraceful actions of a NZ University ever. At a time when this sector is under financial pressure to be engaged in the most partisan political behaviour borders on corruption.Dismissal of the VC is now essential for it regaining integrity.

Leader of Russian mercenary Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin believed killed in plane crash, via nzherald nzherald.co.nz/world/yevgeny-…

School drop-off chaos prompts parking fine blitz thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/3500…

My colleague Sara Singer and I have a new article out on the “Product Environment,” the products and services we interact with regularly, and its impact on public health. We argue it’s an economic externality that can – and needs to be – measured. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XYGEEPQ…

Spread far and wide

A 5th horseman of the apocalypse?

The National's Party problems with women continue to be highlighted. This is an incredible piece from The Spinoff. Goddamn hilarious too.

thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-08-…

Yes agreed- and men do it all the time.

New study in JAMA Network Open shows that the reintroduction of universal #masking in Ottawa #schools in spring 2022 reduced student absenteeism.

Students gained nearly 2,000 days of learning in the schools studied.

The study likely considerably underestimated the real benefit…

Sums up my skiing really ⛷️

We have recently traveled with our 4 months old baby to Iceland. Here are some essential tips for parents who wish to do the same:

1. Don’t do it.

The BHF has said the major reasons for the

“…continued increase in excess deaths involving cardiovascular disease, include the severe disruption to NHS heart care, & Covid-19 increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke”

Why isn’t this headline news?

bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/new…

I have been in 'emergency mode' on climate for the past 10 years when I left my job to become an activist.

What people don't understand is that even people like me are surprised at how badly this is going. I thought we had more time.

'It was thought at first that the pediatric population was relatively spared from the long-term effects of COVID-19 after infection,' the authors said. 'But this changed rapidly with increasing reports & studies of pediatric patients not fully recovering from acute COVID-19.'

Named after this dead bird's eye.

Take that in. Then try wrapping your head around the fact that we’re only seeing the beginning of a destabilising planet, while remembering that GHG emissions are still rising and the companies largely causing this are making record profits.

A bit concerning, don’t you think?

Australia's First Wellbeing Framework – Measuring What Matters – is out. At Croakey News, we want to hear yr perspectives, esp around health in all policies, health equity, & challenges/opportunities for implementation/making change? treasury.gov.au/sites/default/…
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