Collected news stories, with a current focus on pandemics
RNZ
Jenene Crossan contracted the virus in 2020 while heading home from a business trip before New Zealand's borders closed.
RNZ
We ask New Zealanders, including Sir Ashley Bloomfield, about when they he found out, and what's changed since.
Stats NZ data shows the scope of the challenges facing those with disabilities in New Zealand today.
Stats NZ data shows the scope of the challenges facing those with disabilities in New Zealand today.
NZ Herald
Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard is cautiously optimistic that a bird flu outbreak at an Otago farm has been stamped out, but he warned a different strain...
NBC News
The order, signed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Hochul on Friday, requires the markets to close for a week as facilities undergo a complete disinfection process.
the Guardian
People with post-infectious diseases sometimes struggle to communicate the debilitating impact of their conditions. But a new technique can help them explain visually
The Conversation
Conservation volunteers could provide a crucial defence line against bird flu outbreaks in New Zealand by ensuring early detection.
www.abc.net.au
Health professionals fear vaccine conspiracies and COVID-19 disruptions could be partly responsible for a spike in measles cases in countries including Vietnam and Thailand.
The Covid-19 leave support scheme, which helped employers pay employees who had to self-isolate due to the virus, ended in August 2023.
AP News
The latest government data shows that cases of a fast-spreading stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States. The most recent numbers from the U.S.
RNZ
The seven day rolling average of new cases down 165.
RNZ
Another 80,000 of the Hillgrove farm's birds will need to be killed - doubling the total number killed.
Mother Jones
The nation’s ability to respond to H5N1 is likely to be undercut by the incoming administration.
The property has around 6000 birds, Biosecurity NZ deputy director-general Stuart Anderson confirmed.
RNZ
80,000 chickens will now need to be culled at Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Egg Farm.
Newsroom
Comment: The Royal Commission report fundamentally validates the strategic and tactical choices made during the acute phase of the pandemic
"While it is not the H5N1 type circulating among wildlife around the world that has caused concern we are taking the find seriously," Biosecurity NZ said.
RNZ
Patients feel gaslit by their doctors, and there is little - if any - research being funded, critics say.
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