“Excess deaths” lined up with waves of coronavirus in 2022 and 2023, says expert report. Keep Reading

The fifth and final day of evidence in Auckland included testimonies from mandated industries, nursing, and midwifery sectors and researchers. Keep Reading

Health NZ said the latest person who had fallen ill had been isolating to prevent any spread of the disease. Keep Reading

The hearings will include testimonies from mandated industries, nursing and midwifery sectors and researchers. Keep Reading

The new subvariant was designated a “variant under monitoring” by the WHO in late June. Keep Reading

Comment from the University of Auckland: With phase 2 of the Covid inquiry underway it's essential that in science and in governance we learn from mistakes Keep Reading

One leader said they didn't think vaccine mandates would work in the future. Keep Reading

Associate Professor Julie Bennett, from the university's Department of Public Health, said long-term symptoms could affect children's ability to participate in daily activities and attend school. Keep Reading

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America. Keep Reading

New Zealand is one the last places in the world where H5N1 has not yet been detected. Keep Reading

As the years tick by from the 2020 epidemic, what does the future of the Covid-19 virus actually look like? Keep Reading

GPs say they've seen busy winter periods before and the system is ready to cope. Keep Reading

Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests. Keep Reading

"It's as if the infections in schools is like, setting off a train of dominoes that there's this wave right through the community every winter," she said of existing Covid-19 outbreaks. Keep Reading