New Zealand researchers will carry out a multi-million dollar, world-first study to prove whether there is a link between babies being given paracetamol and the development of asthma.

Auckland paediatric emergency medicine specialist at Starship Children’s Hospital Dr Stuart Dalziel has received $4.99 million from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to carry out the trial which will include 3900 infants born at Auckland, Middlemore and Wellington hospitals.

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