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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • Study highlights rescue workers' achievements

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    Early results from a study into the occupational health of emergency workers shows they played a vital role during the Christchurch earthquakes and aftershocks.
  • Supporting whānau bereaved by suicide

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    Drs Tepora Emery and Candy Cookson Cox have delved into Te Arawa’s ancestral history to help develop a suicide ‘postvention’ tool that can support whānau who have lost loved ones to suicide.
  • New partnership projects tackle major health challenges

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    The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has offered more than $650,000 in funding for four research partnership projects that will benefit New Zealand’s health care services in the sh

  • Low-cost home alterations prevent falls

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    Falls in the home could be reduced by a quarter according to the results of a new HRC-funded study just published online in top international medical journal The Lancet.

  • Coalition to identify potential vaccines for rheumatic fever

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    The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has announced the funding of a trans-Tasman research coalition to accelerate the development of a vaccine against Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infect

  • Emerging virologist identifies new flu weapon

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    University of Otago virologist Dr Matloob Husain has identified a potential new weapon in the battle against the flu.

  • How healthy kai influences Māori communities

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    Watch Māori Television reporter Mere McLean interview HRC Ngā Kanohi Kitea recipient Mate Heitia about her project 'Exploring aspects of Food Security and Sovereignty with R.E.K.A Tru

  • Under 6s benefit from after-hours initiative

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    Reducing the cost of subsidised co-payments appears to have led to an increase in the number of children under 6 using after-hours accident and medical clinics.