Collected news stories, with a current focus on pandemics
Newsroom
Four Kiwis with Long Covid speak to Newsroom about their battles with the illness and the debilitating effect it has had on their lives
RNZ
Long Covid sufferers feel they've been abandoned by health authorities and the government, left to struggle alone with the after-effects of the pandemic.
The ‘real time PCR test’ will enable the detection of the virus by swabbing human skin lesions.
the Guardian
England’s chief medical officer also tells inquiry that UK’s low level of intensive care provision is a political decision
The Conversation
The COVID pandemic is ongoing, but scientists are on alert for any pathogen that might lead to another global outbreak of disease.
RNZ
From Tuesday, there will be no more free Covid-19 rapid antigen tests. Here's what that means for you.
“Get vaccinated not for yourself but for your people.”, Samora Kake says.
NZ Herald
Another Covid-19 wave is likely this summer, a modeller says, as a new mutant coronavirus variant emerges overseas. Experts tell Jamie Morton what Kiwis need...
RNZ
Analysis - A new Covid-19 variant is spreading rapidly and could soon become the dominant variant around the globe, experts say.
Two new cases have been confirmed and the green light has now been given for easier vaccine access.
The risk in New Zealand remains "low" overall, the Health Minister says.
the Guardian
MRI scans found girls’ brains appeared 4.2 years older than expected after lockdowns, compared with 1.4 years for boys
RNZ
A new outbreak of mpox is threatening New Zealand's queer community. Here's how to best protect yourself.
Deaths from mpox can be prevented, if only profit would not stand in the way of saving lives.
NZ Herald
By RNZ Anyone who attended Winter Pride is being warned to watch out for symptoms of mpox because suspected cases of the virus attended the events. The...
RNZ
Different countries are using slightly different Covid vaccine - some newer than the ones available in NZ. Does that matter?
Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau has approved more than half a million dollars for marae development projects.
NPR
Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths, mostly in children, but zero vaccines until now. A planeload of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa on Thursday.
PUBLIC ISSUES Collected news stories, with a current focus on pandemics Keep Reading
RNZ
A new case of mpox with a "likely" link to the recent Winter Pride Festival in Queenstown has been detected today, Health NZ has confirmed.
RNZ
Other illnesses did not require patients to pay for their own testing, one doctor said.
PUBLIC ISSUES Collected news stories, with a current focus on pandemics Keep Reading
Know This
