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the Guardian
Virologist George Gao also states for first time that China has investigated claim virus came from a laboratory
RNZ
The former director-general of health is backing a free programme that provides mindfulness skills to children in schools.
RNZ
There were 14,371 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the week to midnight on Sunday, and a further 49 deaths.
RNZ
Long Covid and ME/CFS (formerly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) are effectively the same thing, according to an Otago University researcher who says people with these illnesses need more support and better health care.
NBC News
The country once had some of the harshest Covid restrictions on the planet, but the response from the government and the public is relatively muted this time.
ProPublica
Peggy Eby and her colleagues showed it’s possible to predict when a virus will jump from bats to other species. Their uphill battle exposes a troubling gap in our efforts to prevent the next pandemic.
RNZ
Winter illness season is upon us. Can the health system cope with the inevitable increase in demand that comes with it?
Newshub
Here is the latest.
NZ Herald
Most eligible Kiwis haven’t bothered to get the bivalent booster since it became available
RNZ
Dr Jonathan Howard says over 800,000 Americans would be alive today if the US had taken New Zealand's Covid approach.
Newshub
Here is the latest.
Stuff
What works for Māori will benefit all people of Aotearoa, a Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report finds.
RNZ
The World Health Organisation's decision to remove Covid-19 as a global health emergency is the right move, epidemiologist Michael Baker says.
RNZ
New Zealand is in the grip of a fourth wave of Covid-19 but it is predicted to be smaller than previous mass outbreaks.
www.abc.net.au
Subvariant XBB.1.16 is related to the XBB.1.5 subvariant, which was detected in Australia in January, and both are mutations from the Omicron variant. This is what we know about it.
RNZ
Another 12,383 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported, and a further 20 deaths.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Epidemiologist Michael Baker says other countries with indigenous populations are looking at Māori responses to Covid. Professor Baker is on study leave in Oslo, Norway, where he’s working with a group of researchers looking at the history of pandemics, including […]
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The numbers cover the week from Monday, April 10 to Sunday, April 16.
RNZ
Epidemiologist Michael Baker says that the country is experiencing its fourth wave of Covid-19 infection and warns people to stay vigilant.
Newsroom
Research shows that knowing about the nocebo effect – the 'evil twin' of the placebo effect – means you are less likely to experience negative side effects of drugs or treatments, says Dr Kate MacKrill
The purpose of the meeting was two-fold: to review the evidence on the performance of updated COVID-19 vaccines that incorporate descendent lineages of Omicron as a booster dose; and to establish timelines for COVID-19 vaccine composition recommendations in 2023.
Stuff
OPINION: the saga of the mandatory isolation decision shows just how much work is required to get better Government in New Zealand.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
A Māori general practitioner and medical researcher has welcomed the Government holding firm on Covid protections as the country heads into winter. The seven day isolation period when people contract Covid and the use of masks in medical settings will […]
Salon
WHO says the pandemic is over. A disaster resilience professor says the U.S. has not recovered – and may never
JSTOR Daily
Anti-vaxxers have been around as long as there have been vaccines.
Newsroom
Research shows that knowing about the nocebo effect – the 'evil twin' of the placebo effect – means you are less likely to experience negative side effects of drugs or treatments, says Dr Kate MacKrill
The purpose of the meeting was two-fold: to review the evidence on the performance of updated COVID-19 vaccines that incorporate descendent lineages of Omicron as a booster dose; and to establish timelines for COVID-19 vaccine composition recommendations in 2023.
Stuff
The best data suggests wearing a mask will reduce your chance of catching Covid, but it’s unclear if mandates, or promoting mask wearing, did that at a population level.
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