Victoria University of Wellington

The Government’s plan to reinstate the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders will lead to an increase in hospitalisations, costing the country tens of millions of dollars a year, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University researchers have found.

The Government’s plan to reinstate the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders will lead to an increase in hospitalisations costing the country tens of millions of dollars a year, Te Herenga Waka University of Victoria researchers have found

Eating disorders are a significant health problem but effective treatment may be hampered by flawed theories of the disease, research by Dr Hannah Hawkins-Elder suggests

A paper published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal confirms the covidSHIELD PCR saliva test developed by the University of Illinois is a reliable option for detecting COVID-19

Research led by Dr Jessica Young from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has examined critical challenges that will emerge as the End of Life Choice Act comes into effect on 7 November

Māori and Pacific children face more barriers to seeing a GP than other children and those who do are twice as likely to be hospitalised, according to a new report led by a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher

Scientists at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have used real-world samples to confirm the 98.7 percent accuracy of a saliva test for COVID-19. This is the first, and currently the only, COVID-19 saliva test to be diagnostically validated in Aotearoa New Zealand

A study whose lead author is a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington epidemiologist has found the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine used in New Zealand is not associated with a condition that affects the blood known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and other clotting and bleeding events

High school students facing housing deprivation have double the rates of depression and suicide risk, according to a large-scale study based on the Youth2000 surveys co-led by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland

Pharmacist and researcher Nora Parore has been awarded a $258,471 Health Research Council clinical research training fellowship to examine Māori experiences of pharmacists, pharmacy and the health system