Expert Reactions

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 February 201628 March 2016

A healthcare department in Dallas, Texas, USA, has reported a case of Zika virus infection acquired through sexual intercourse rather […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 February 201628 March 2016

Increasing economic development is linked with growing rates of bowel cancer, but some high-income countries – including New Zealand – […]

Expert Reactions, In the News | Published: 02 February 201602 February 2016

A regulatory body in the UK has approved the first research application to use new ‘gene editing’ techniques on human […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 January 201628 March 2016

Concern over the current outbreak of the mosquito-spread Zika virus in the Americas is growing. The virus is likely to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 January 201621 January 2016

Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest on record, according to independent analyses by NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 January 201628 March 2016

Scientists are frustrated with the International Whaling Commission over the lack of science in Japan’s scientific whaling programme, and are […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 January 2016

Ultra-high frequency noise is imperceptible to the human ear but could be harming us, according to one researcher concerned with […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 January 201613 August 2018

The use of glyphosate weedkiller on Auckland parks and footpaths is in the spotlight amidst claims local councils’ spraying programmes are […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 January 201628 March 2016

A man died today after several days in a brain-dead state, after having an adverse reaction to a drug taken […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 15 January 201628 March 2016

[UPDATE: Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed another death from Ebola, just hours after the World Health Organisation declared […]