http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/77183359/vaccine-for-zika-virus-may-be-trialled-in-christchurch-as-new-zealand-cases-climb.html At the Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust (CCST), a groundbreaking flu vaccine study may hold the answer to stemming the Zika crisis. An international pharmaceutical company has contracted the CCST to test the efficiency of a new oral influenza tablet. The vaccine has been tested on the two strains ofContinue Reading

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mother-waterboarded-13-year-old-son-as-punishment-a6886136.html A woman and her partner have been arrested on suspicion of waterboarding her 13-year-old son, it has been reported. Christi Howell and her boyfriend Casey Shackleford allegedly committed the offence at her home in Texas, The New York Post reports. According to an affidavit by Kaufman County police, theContinue Reading

It's scientifically true. You can die of a broken heart ➡ https://t.co/rGBxVdUc8j — Cleveland Clinic (@ClevelandClinic) February 21, 2016 Have you ever heard of someone passing away from a “broken heart”? You may have thought it was a myth. But there actually is a medical condition called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, aContinue Reading

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/296721/christchurch-kids-struggling-with-ptsd The Canterbury University research shows more than 60 percent of 320 children, aged from five to seven, who have been tracked since they started school in 2013, are showing symptoms of the disorder. The symptoms include having meltdowns, lashing out at other students, and being tense and irritable. WhileContinue Reading

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1601/S00020/david-bowie-lori-lightning-and-the-flawed-humanity-of-idols.htm In the wake of Bowie’s death, there has been a fair amount of internet discussion about the fact that he had sex with groupie Lori Lightning when she was 13 and he was around 26. Much of the internet has quite understandably been quick to frame this as sexualContinue Reading