There is no evidence to suggest that people with coeliac disease are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 or at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19 infection. Therefore, it is unlikely that having coeliac disease will place you in a higher priority group for COVID-19 vaccination. Discuss any individual health concerns or risk […]

Kirsten Coppell, Public Health Physician and Research Associate Professor at the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago, discusses the changing clinical presentation of coeliac disease. (Article published in the Pharmacy Guild magazine: Contact Dec-Jan 2021) Coeliac disease (CD) affects about 1% of the global population.[1] It is more common among first-degree relatives […]

As news of Auckland going back into Level 3 is announced, we hear from Coeliac NZ Ambassador Morgan McKenzie-Moore on lessons learnt from the land of the eternal lockdown - the U.K! Hi All! This time last year, there was no way I would have thought that I was about to spend the better part of […]