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Six passengers from the hantavirus-struck cruise ship are in quarantine in Australia. So how do we actually design buildings to keep a virus from spreading?
One of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks has spread across three states amid fears the respiratory disease has claimed a life in an outback community.
With one baby diagnosed with HIV in Fiji every week, health officials in the Pacific nation are struggling to contain a growing outbreak.
RNZ
The agency said initial findings suggested the presence of a non-Zaire strain of the virus, with sequencing ongoing to further characterise it.
RNZ
Explainer - The internet is filling with panic, but could it really be another Covid-19? Here's what we know so far.
Colder weather helps viruses spread more easily, but vaccination and simple habits can help keep you well through the colder months.
RNZ
Officials are still investigating the source, but several locations of interest have been identified.
The Conversation
The prevalence of long COVID is more than a hundred times greater than the definition of a rare disease – yet there are no specific health services or support.
The variant has circulated under the radar since late 2024 but is now spreading quickly.
The Conversation
Bird flu is spreading globally and getting closer to New Zealand. Its arrival may be a matter of when, not if – and the risks are significant.
RNZ
The vaccine can be as effective as heart attack medication for those infected by influenza, epidemiologist Dr Michael Baker says.
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“It is one of the rare times that Māori have been less impacted by a disease than Europeans and provides a clear example of how much better Māori do when we are able to exercise self-determination and control our own lives.” — Professor Margaret Mutu, on the Māori response to Covid-19 in 2020.
Earlier this month, Hipkins said the Ministry of Health never passed expert advice about potential risk to teenagers on to ministers.
RNZ
Despite the ninth wave of Covid pushing up hospitalisations, some people say they have never had the virus.
Newsroom
NZ is now one of just five countries to have rejected the post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason. Marc Daalder reports.
After a meningococcal disease outbreak among Dunedin students, and two deaths at a UK uni, an expert explains all.
The Conversation
COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared, but it’s no longer the health threat it was. Here’s what the latest wave means and who should get boosted.
For years, Stacy Gregg had no sense of taste or smell. That was weird enough, but then things got even weirder.
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Matthew Tukaki Posted On March 14, 2026
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ACT has blasted the previous government for being power-hungry and NZ First maintained its reservations about the inquiry, but Labour defended the response as world-leading.
RNZ
Under-pressure employers taking a hard line on sick leave are being warned to take care with the rules.
The second and final phase of the Covid inquiry covered the period from February 2021 to October 2022 when the disease was in the community.
RNZ
Hospitalisations and deaths from the virus are climbing as the ninth wave of Covid-19 surges across Aotearoa.
RNZ
The latest figures show 50 hospitalisations and 19 deaths with the virus in the past week.
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Covid deaths are rising again as New Zealand enters a ninth wave of the virus.
This is the third Disease Outbreak News report on the hantavirus cluster, following the notification to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 2 May 2026 of severe respiratory illness cases aboard MV Hondius, a cruise ship.
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Despite the ninth wave of Covid pushing up hospitalisations, some people say they have never had the virus.
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