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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.
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RNZ
Other illnesses did not require patients to pay for their own testing, one doctor said.
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.
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