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Rally at Parliament on 4 November to oppose Gene Tech Bill

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A public rally is set to take place outside Parliament on Tuesday, November 4, as campaigners call on MPs to stop the government’s proposed...

Te Kūiti Hospital marks 100 years

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Te Kūiti Hospital has celebrated its 100-year anniversary, marking a century of service at the heart of the King Country community. Health Minister Simeon Brown...

Loopholes and enforcement gaps remain after glyphosate review – No More Glyphosate NZ

Daily Telegraph NZ -

New Zealand Food Safety’s decision to retain strict glyphosate residue limits on cereals marks a major victory for public health advocates — but campaigners...

Nurses plan two-week strike over unsafe staffing and low pay

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Thousands of nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants will take strike action from 17 to 30 November to protest what they describe as unsafe staffing...

Public pressure prevails: Glyphosate residue limits stay at 0.1mg/kg for wheat, barley, and oats

Daily Telegraph NZ -

No More Glyphosate NZ today welcomes the announcement by New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) that glyphosate residue limits for wheat, barley, and oats will...

It is time to start thinking about the big picture

Guy Hatchard -

Last night we watched A House of Dynamite on Netflix. The plot revolved around a nuclear missile strike on Chicago by an unnamed rogue nation putting the...

‘AI Scribe Tool’ to be rolled out to 1,000 emergency doctors

Daily Telegraph NZ -

An artificial intelligence scribe tool will soon be deployed to 1,000 doctors and frontline staff in emergency departments nationwide, Health Minister Simeon Brown has...

Is your pharmacist involved in killing unborn children?

Right to Life NZ -

Right to Life asks: The next time you walk into a pharmacy, are you patronising a pharmacist who is an abortion provider, who willingly...

Deadly cure: The role of cough syrups in the deaths of dozens of children

Daily Telegraph NZ -

At least 20 children in India have died after consuming cough syrups contaminated with diethylene glycol, raising safety concerns. Nawab Khan pulls a donkey cart...

Large-scale U.S. study finds no difference in mortality between fully vaxed and undervaxed kids

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A large-scale U.S. study has found no difference in all-cause mortality between children who followed the recommended vaccination schedule and those who were undervaccinated. The...

Confronting news: Gene Drives are being produced in NZ

Guy Hatchard -

Five patients have been hospitalised in Queensland after ingesting the rat poison brodifacoum. ABC reports that the authorities do not know the source of the cluster...

Too big to fail

Julie Ponesse -

When you read God’s response at the climax of the Babel story, it might seem like a bit of an overreaction. He spread the Babylonians...

Collins accuses unions of orchestrating politically driven strike

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Public Service Minister Judith Collins has accused unions of orchestrating a politically motivated strike ahead of Thursday’s nationwide industrial action by teachers and medical...

100,000 workers set to walk off the job next week

Daily Telegraph NZ -

An estimated 100,000 teachers, nurses, and healthcare workers across New Zealand are set to strike next week in what is being called the nation’s...

New laws are urgently needed to outlaw biotechnology experimentation

Guy Hatchard -

NZ First have admitted they voted to progress an amended version of the Gene Technology Bill out of the select committee stage and return...

Delayed transfer and record error led to post-surgery death – coroner

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A coroner found that doctors at a private hospital took too long to transfer a woman to higher-level care after she began deteriorating following...

Major Alert—The Health Select Committee recommends the passage of the Gene Technology Bill

Guy Hatchard -

The Health Select Committee has reported back to Parliament with its recommendations on the Gene Technology Bill. Their 25 page report begins with the...

RFK Jr. links circumcision process to autism

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The US health secretary clarified that he was blaming painkillers, not the surgery itself, after his remarks sparked criticism. US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...

Gene Tech Bill advances despite opposition

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Health Select Committee has recommended passing the Gene Technology Bill, which would overhaul New Zealand’s 1996 GMO regulations and introduce a risk-based system...

Open letter to EPA: Why no warning labels on glyphosate weedkillers?

Daily Telegraph NZ -

This week NoMoreGlyphosate NZ published an Open Letter to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), and to the Ministers of Health, Food Safety, and the...

A call for peer re-reviews of articles on Covid vaccines

Eyal Shahar -

In the years that I served as an associate editor (for The American Journal of Epidemiology), I have seen the entire spectrum of “peer...

Bullying and staff exodus leave Starship Child Abuse Unit ‘broken’

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A former senior healthcare worker from Starship Hospital’s child abuse treatment unit has described a “toxic culture” of bullying that has eroded the once...

Give us our daily bread

Guy Hatchard -

This article examines genetically modified yeast in detail and shows how the biotech food industry is deceiving even consumer activists. An article in the UK...

AstraZeneca threatens to pull investment from U.K.

Daily Telegraph NZ -

AstraZeneca has already paused or scrapped investments worth hundreds of millions of pounds, citing a cut in British government support. British-Swedish pharmaceutical multinational AstraZeneca could...

Missouri Court upholds $611m Roundup verdict

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a US$611 million verdict against Bayer's Roundup weedkiller, reinforcing juries' findings that glyphosate exposure can cause cancer. The case...

Helen Clark appointed Chair of Vaccine Alliance Gavi

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is set to take over as chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — a global organisation heavily...

Expert raises alarm on COVID vaccine

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Dr. John Campbell said he had significant concerns about the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the safety of mRNA vaccines, and the broader...

HDC finds systemic failures in rural hospital toddler death

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) has found major systemic failings in the death of a three-year-old boy at a rural hospital in 2020,...

Multiple recent studies point to the critical role of mRNA Covid vaccination in driving New Zealand’s health crisis.

Guy Hatchard -

Our last two articles ‘It’s not unusual’ and ‘We need a real open national debate on healthcare and biotechnology’ discuss the unfolding health crisis in...

Australian sunscreen scandal deepens with recalls and testing concerns

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Australia’s sunscreen scandal has intensified, with 18 products pulled from shelves and regulators warning that dozens more may fail to meet safety standards. Consumer testing...

Indian court orders medical doctors to use clear handwriting

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that clear handwriting in medical prescriptions is a “fundamental right,” after finding a medico-legal report in...

Medical device procurement overhauled

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Medical device procurement in New Zealand is set for a major shake-up, with the Government announcing a new two-agency system aimed at "improving efficiency,...

Record winter surge pushes Emergency Departments beyond capacity

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Hospitals across New Zealand faced record emergency department (ED) demand during a two-week peak this winter, with some treating twice as many patients as...

UK health service defends ‘benefits’ of first-cousin marriage

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The NHS has argued that such unions offer “stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages”. UK campaigners and politicians have criticized the National Health...

Disturbing secrets about vaccines

Peter C. Gotzsche -

The vaccine area is much more complicated than I knew when I worked at a department of infectious diseases as a young doctor. I didn’t...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Plants and the human relationship

Wally Richards -

Lets firstly look at a few studies that shows that there is more to plant/human interrelationships than 'meets the eye'. For instance the studies done...

Tribunal lets $350K stillbirth care claim against Health NZ proceed

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A woman whose baby was stillborn in 2018 is pursuing $350,000 in damages from Health NZ Taranaki after the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC)...

World faces huge surge in cancer deaths – study

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The toll may rise by 75% by 2050, research published by The Lancet has warned. The annual global cancer death toll is projected to climb...

Trump blows open autism debate

Maryanne Demasi -

Autism has long been the untouchable subject in American politics. For decades, federal agencies tiptoed around it, steering research toward genetics while carefully avoiding controversial...

NZOFP slams legacy media bias over paracetamol pregnancy risks

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The NZOFP (NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party) is concerned about imbalance in media reporting to the New Zealand public about the risks from paracetamol...

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