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As Australia reports its first H5N1 mass fatality event, experts warn a lull in cases following detection in a native bird is temporary
Infected person attended Matariki events, concerts and a major international sports event in Wellington – and officials fear more cases are going undetected.
RNZ
The government has accepted "in some form" all Covid-19 inquiry's recommendations, promising key advice will be made public within five working days in future pandemics.
Stuff
Key official advice behind major emergency decisions will be proactively released within five working days during future health crises, following findings that restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic at times went further than health experts advised.
RNZ
Explainer: RSV may not quite have the name recognition that influenza and Covid do, but it's actually causing more winter illness.
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Biosecurity New Zealand says there have been no further detections of H5 bird flu following the country’s second confirmed case, as surveillance and monitoring continue across parts of the lower […]
A virologist says it's likely not all cases of the bird flu H5 strain have been detected in New Zealand.
CNN
A US citizen working for a humanitarian group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday.
The H5N1 bird flu was detected in preliminary testing in a migratory bird at Hawks Nest, on the Mid-North Coast, authorities revealed.
As winter takes hold and more people spend time indoors, respiratory illnesses are expected to begin spreading more widely through communities.
RNZ
Emergency doctors are warning of a rapidly worsening hospital crisis, with the winter flu season yet to reach its peak and hospitals already struggling to cope.
The Conversation
Distrust in health care during infectious disease outbreaks can have devastating consequences. Here’s what we can do about it.
RNZ
The H5 strain of bird flu has been detected in an Australian seabird for the first time.
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Nearly 250 people are suspected to have died, and more than 1,100 are infected with the rare strain of Ebola in the DRC and Uganda, though the true spread of the virus is feared to be much wider.
RNZ
The world is closely watching Ebola and Hantavirus, but now it's also fighting off pandemic fatigue.
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CNN
The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa is a public health emergency. Health officials are racing to trace contacts as the count of suspected cases rises.
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