- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
Scientists in the UK have figured out the exact ingredient in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine behind a few rare cases of anaphylaxis.
They're stressing the risk of the taking the vaccine is far outweighed by the dangers of contracting the virus, which has killed more than 3 million people worldwide in the past 14 months.
- Hits: 676
Read more: Ingredient in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine behind allergic reactions discovered
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/04/coronavirus-ingredient-in-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-behind-allergic-reactions-discovered.html
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
Medsafe, New Zealand's medical regulatory body, says there have been 147 adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines since the rollout commenced on February 20 - but one doctor believes these cases "are not unexpected".
A report shows the most common reaction is dizziness (27 cases), headaches (21), nausea (18), and fainting (18).
- Hits: 726
Read more: 147 adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in New Zealand 'not unexpected'
- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
Kiwis now have access to a dashboard of data detailing how New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccination rollout is progressing.
The statistics, which will be updated weekly, include the number of vaccinations individual District Health Boards (DHBs) have administered as well as the age and sex of those who have received the jab.
- Hits: 644
- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
Weeding out fake news and misinformation is becoming increasingly difficult in the new media environment where social media rules, an academic says.
Massey University academic Catherine Strong occasionally spends a few hours tracking down the original source of some social media post setting the internet ablaze.
- Hits: 668
Read more: Why weeding out fake news is becoming increasingly difficult - academic
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/04/why-weeding-out-fake-news-is-becoming-increasingly-difficult-academic.html
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will open on April 19, and be managed by a 'traffic light' system.
But what is the traffic light system and how will it work?
Like New Zealand's four-tiered lockdown alert system, the traffic light system will allow different responses and restrictions depending on how many cases of COVID-19 each end of the travel door is experiencing.
- Hits: 690
- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
There is a link between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday.
However, the EMA later said in a statement that its review of the vaccine was ongoing and it expected to announce its findings on Wednesday or Thursday. An AstraZeneca spokesman declined to comment on the matter.
- Hits: 654
Read more: Clear link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots in brain
- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
A week on from its release, New Zealand experts have not yet finished analysing a World Health Organization (WHO) report into the origins of COVID-19.
The long-anticipated study into the SARS-CoV-2 virus was released last Tuesday following a mission to Wuhan, China by a team of international experts. While inconclusive about the virus' source, the report found it was "extremely unlikely" the virus originated from a laboratory.
- Hits: 651
- Details
- Category: News
- Category : News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the trans-Tasman travel bubble, allowing quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand, will commence on April 19.
- Hits: 657
Subcategories
Politics
General Politics
Defence
General Defence Articles
Science
Sciencey stuff
World
World News
Page 373 of 818
Latest Articles
- Drone warfare: NZDF 'plugged in' to lessons on use
- Aside from Anzac Day, NZ has been slow to remember military veterans
- Access to space systems 'critical on the modern battlefield'
- NZ plugs in to boost US Navy's space race with China
- RNZAF Poseidon deployed to Japan for North Korea sanctions monitoring
- New Zealand contributes Poseidon to North Korea sanctions monitoring
- Why New Zealand plans to nearly double its defence spending
- Before It’s Too Late: Reimagine New Zealand’s Military Future
- Is it too little, too late? NZ announces complete rebuild of military capability
- New Zealand pledges to double defense spending to modernize ships, surveillance, networks
- NZ submarine cables are 'attractive espionage targets', officials warn
- Peter Greener: 2025 Defence Capability Plan is a DCP for the ages
- New Zealand extends military assistance to Ukraine
- New Zealand extending military assistance to Ukraine
- NZ, UK strengthen military partnership to support Ukraine, including drones
- DCP 2025 - Thoughts
- Leonardo and New Zealand industry sign MoU for nation's Maritime Helicopter Replacement programme
- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to talk trade and defence with UK prime minister Keir Starmer
- NZ Army Combat Team locked and loaded for major Waiouru exercise
- Multi-billion dollar Defence plan unveiled
SP Poll
Latest Downloads
2024-11-08 |
Utilities |
![]() |
2023-07-02 |
Web/Web Browsers |
![]() |
2023-07-02 |
Graphics and Design |
![]() |
2023-07-02 |
Utilities |
2022-05-07 |
Utilities |