The rate of new prescriptions of puberty-delaying medicines for youth with gender dysphoria in New Zealand has decreased ...

The free supply of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) comes to an end early next week. Te Whatu Ora says the free tests ...

Even if we stopped making new plastics now, microplastic pollution would keep increasing for the foreseeable future as larger plastics break down. A review of 20 years of microplastics research ...

Children under 5 years old have a weaker immune response to COVID-19 compared with older children and adults, new research shows. The kids’ adaptive immune system, which ‘learns’ and deals with ...

A genetic screening study of over 200 autistic New Zealanders found almost 30% had genes that are ‘causal’, or ‘likely causal’, of autism. The research, based on DNA samples from the participants, as ...

A new US study found personalised interactions with a chatbot could reduce belief in conspiracy theories. The study, ...

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For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024, the Science Media Centre invited journalists to a media briefing with researchers looking at ...