Covid-19 booster vaccines are essential to help stem the tide of a fifth wave of the virus sweeping the country, epidemiologist Michael Baker says. In the seven days to November 19, 7881 new cases were reported, up by almost 2000 on the previous week. Baker told Morning Report uptake of boosters had slowed, and people […]
Richie Stanaway will make an early competitive debut for Grove Racing. Image: Supplied Richie Stanaway will undertake his first competitive outing with Grove Racing before the year is out, in next month’s Gulf 12 Hours. The New Zealander will share a Porsche 911 GT3 R with Stephen and Brenton Grove in the once-around-the-clock race at […]
Hemophilia A and B are similar conditions that affect the blood’s ability to clot. They typically occur due to gene variations that affect different blood clotting factors. Hemophilia is a group of conditions that impact the blood’s ability to coagulate, or clot. When the blood does not clot properly, a person is at a higher […]
One day, Choco was an excitable, vibrant five-year-old dog, and the next he was barely moving at the vet clinic. “He was feverish. He was shivering. He was lethargic,” said Natasha Richards, Choco’s owner. “He threw up 10 times within 24-hours , uncontrollably. It was the worst thing. I couldn’t do anything for him. I […]
As far as the archivist knew, the 48 box files locked in an attic above the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Bern had never been opened. They contained a mass of handwritten letters, glass-plate negatives, annotated offprints, minutes of meetings, and piles of press clippings almost too fragile to touch. […]
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Whether death occurs in the context of a chronic illness or as the sudden loss of a previously healthy infant, child, or adolescent, the death of a child is a highly stressful and traumatic event. Psychosocial support for families after the death of a child embodies core medical values of professional fidelity, compassion, respect for […]
