Officials are increasingly complaining about constraints when preparing new laws or policies, with time pressures the most common issue.

KiwiRail is warning of job cuts and that passenger and freight capacity will take a hit.

The role has been vacant since Dame Juliet Gerrard stepped down in June last year.

Acute measles virus (MeV) infection can be serious You may have heard that the United States is having a multistate outbreak of MeV infections, mainly causing its worst outcomes among the unvaccinated. Measles is the result of a systemic viral infection that enters through the airways, damaging the epithelial cell airway lining, which opens the way for opportunistic secondary infections by bacteria and other viruses.

A 441-page report calls for 20 recommendations, including greater transparency around prices, special offers and ‘shrinkflation’

Dr Phil Bagshaw says the Government’s plan to use private investment to fund public health infrastructure could lead to one of the “most inefficient and most expensive” health systems in the world.

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What is going on at the Covid Inquiry? Executive director and two legal counsel quit.

‘Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical fields are especially hard hit.

It's a tiny portion of our overall funding, yet social sciences and humanities research makes a massive impact. Without it, the pie starts to crumble.