Health

[ad_1] Concerned loners carried out New Zealand’s two deadliest mass killings with now-banned weapons. Like the 30th anniversary of the Aramoana Massacre looming, reporters Molly Houseman and Daisy Hudson ask if the lessons of that tragedy could have averted the terror at the mosque Attacks The same model gun that …

[ad_1] Health officials say they are still investigating, but have now identified the likely source of the workers’ infection: the international sailors they have been caring for, 31 of whom tested positive for COVID-19. “The genome of [the first worker infected] is B1.1.7 – of the international sailors who tested …

[ad_1] Supplied A worldwide study of children ages 5 to 19 over three decades found that New Zealand children are gaining more weight than those in many other countries. A large study comparing 65 million school-age children in 200 countries and territories has singled out New Zealand children among the …

[ad_1] Joseph Johnson / Stuff The new case arrived from Singapore on October 31 and has been transferred to a quarantine facility in Auckland. (File photo) Personal protective equipment did not stop two healthcare workers from capturing Covid-19 from infected fishermen at a managed isolation facility in Christchurch. Both workers …

[ad_1] An Auckland restaurant had to ask customers to leave for dinner on Friday after being informed that a person with Covid-19 had eaten there the day before. On Friday, the Health Ministry announced the latest community case, a worker at the Jet Park quarantine facility, having lunch at Mezze …

[ad_1] Two potential candidates for the position of National’s deputy leader have emerged after Gerry Brownlee announced that he will step down today. The National Party caucus Source: Getty 1 NEWS understands that Shane Reti and Michael Woodhouse may be in the mix to contest the position. However, it is …

[ad_1] Joseph Johnson / Stuff People who ate at an Auckland restaurant at the same time as a confirmed case of Covid-19 are urged to get tested if they feel ill. (File photo) Customers at an Auckland restaurant are being warned to watch out for Covid-19 symptoms after a person …

[ad_1] The infected person has been working in the Auckland quarantine facility at the Jet Park Hotel. Photo / Dean Purcell A worker at an Auckland quarantine facility tested positive for Covid-19. The Health Ministry says that because the person works at the facility and is not a returnee, it …

[ad_1] National’s health spokesperson, Dr. Shane Reti, announced the party’s health policy in Wellington in September. Photo / Mark Mitchell The recently defeated, but still high-profile, National health spokesman Shane Reti is the favorite among his colleagues to replace Gerry Brownlee as deputy leader of the party next week. Brownlee, …

[ad_1] Former national leader Todd Muller will face party members this weekend at a North Central Island council meeting. He will come face to face with MPs who recently lost their seats, including former New Plymouth MP Jonathan Young and former Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe, along with Tania Tapsell, …