Health

[ad_1] National Party leader Judith Collins has described obesity as a weakness and says that people should not “blame the systems for their personal choices.” National Party leader Judith Collins on the election campaign. Photo: RNZ / Jane Patterson Yesterday he was asked about his opinion on obesity during a …

[ad_1] Murray Shaw says he’s ready to chain himself to a tree to prevent Hamilton City Council from building a new road through his property. But the 71-year-old may be there for some time with the council heads saying they have no plans to move into the Shaw’s Hall Road …

[ad_1] In the last week before the referendum on the legalization of cannabis, the New Zealand Medical Association changed its position from an opposition position to one of neutrality. The move comes after some doctors complained about the association’s opposition to the legalization of the drug, saying they had not …

[ad_1] National Party leader Judith Collins has stepped up her attempts to dent the credibility of Labor leader Jacinda Ardern, saying that Ardern had “lied” about Covid-19 and failed on so many promises that no one should believe her now. Among her claims, Collins said that Ardern “lied” about the …

[ad_1] A late-stage study of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate has been paused while the company investigates whether a study participant’s “unexplained illness” is related to the injection. The company said in a statement Monday night (local time) that illnesses, accidents and other so-called adverse events “are an expected …

[ad_1] New Zealand 12 Oct, 2020 11:46 PM2 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Boris Johnson says the three-tier national system was designed to “simplify and standardize” a confusing set of local rules. Video / UK Parliament There is a …

[ad_1] A leading Covid-19 expert is “irate” after a World Health Organization (WHO) official called on world leaders to stop using shutdowns as the primary method of controlling the pandemic. WHO’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr. David Nabarro, told the British magazine The viewer that the locks should only be …

[ad_1] Warwick Smith / Stuff Medical laboratory scientist Emma Tapp transfers inactivated Covid-19 swab samples to the extraction plate for analysis. (File photo) There is a new case of Covid-19 in a Christchurch managed isolation facility. The person arrived in New Zealand from the United States on October 8, the …

[ad_1] New Zealand 12 Oct, 2020 11:46 PM2 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Boris Johnson says the three-tier national system was designed to “simplify and standardize” a confusing set of local rules. Video / UK Parliament There is a …

[ad_1] Garner argued that pushing for decriminalization might have been an appropriate option, to which Swarbrick responded that removing criminal penalties for cannabis-related offenses would still leave the prevalent drug illegal and unregulated. “Decriminalization simply removes criminal penalties for people who use the substance,” he said. “Will adding another drug …