Collected news stories, with a current focus on pandemics
As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent the season sweating in gloves, gowns, smocks and masks and going through what felt like endless rounds of disinfection as they moved between the cages of the sick and injured animals they cared for.
NZ Herald
Drug safety advocates are getting increasingly worried the “new fentanyl” killing drug users in Europe will get a stronghold in New Zealand. Nitazenes are...
Tests confirmed the highly pathogenic H7N3 strain of bird flu had been detected on the Meredith farm in Victoria's southwest, Agriculture Victoria said on Friday.
the Guardian
Scientists are on alert for signs the virus is adapting to spread more easily among humans, after the WHO announced the death from April
RNZ
Explainer - Here's what we know about the government's Covid plans for the next four years.
NZ Herald
“Tens of thousands of people experienced negative health impacts following their shots. Many continue to suffer.” It was this unsubstantiated claim in an...
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The Conversation
The World Health Organization had declared mpox a global health threat in 2022 and 2024. While most mpox infections are mild, some can be fatal, and cases are spreading in Africa.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR).
NPR
The U.S. is seeing a surge in avian flu. It's in chickens and cows and even sickened a few humans. Here's how other countries have dealt with the virus.
RNZ
Explainer - What will Budget 2024 reveal about the country's Covid-19 strategy? RNZ recaps what we know so far.
The latest collected news from around Aotearoa New Zealand and globally, digging beyond the usual news websites. The current main focus is on pandemics. Keep Reading
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