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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • New strategy firmly backs NZ’s health research workforce

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    New Zealand’s first health research strategy, launched today, will help nurture and grow a strong health research workforce that can provide solutions to New Zealand’s unique health challenges.
  • Project to unmask genes for antibiotic resistance in ‘superbug’

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    A New Zealand-based study with strong international collaboration from Australia and the UK is set to provide a major step forward in understanding how one of the world’s most problematic superbugs survives antibiotic treatment during infection.
  • Big result for Pacific health research in NZ

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    An unprecedented seven research projects focused on improving the health of New Zealand’s Pacific community have been awarded combined funding of more than $6.3 million in the HRC's latest funding round.
  • Paracetamol use in babies and asthma

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    A new multimillion dollar trial involving more than 3,900 infants born at Auckland, Middlemore and Wellington hospitals will aim to find out if using paracetamol in infancy to treat pain and fever is associated with childhood asthma.
  • Health researchers earn Queen's Birthday honours

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    Four health researchers with strong ties to the HRC were named on the Queen's Birthday honours list this week.

  • Supporting Tongan youth suicide prevention

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    Members of the Tongan community yesterday gathered together with health researchers and representatives from health organisations for the launch of the Tongan Framework for Suicide Prevention, or Heilala Malu, at AUT University.
  • Clue to why some get breast cancer young

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    A University of Otago, Christchurch, discovery of missing DNA in women who develop breast cancer at a young age could hold the key to helping them beat the disease.

  • Sleep problems focus of new study on Kiwi kids with autism

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    New research will look at developing effective treatments for sleep problems that affect the growing number of New Zealand children and young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).