Collected news stories, with a current focus on pandemics
Newsroom
New Zealand's early Covid-19 response almost ran off the rails due to its reliance on a 2017 plan which has received only minor updates since.
NZ Herald
Concerns are growing within the global medical community about an outbreak of a more deadly variant of mpox. The virus - formerly known as monkeypox – is...
Newsroom
Today from The Detail: A more deadly strain of Mpox has ventured beyond African borders, but even through it will arrive here sometime, there's no need to panic
RNZ
Dr David Webby says the virus is now a year-round issue, and people with underlying health issues and the elderly are most at risk.
the Guardian
Health leaders warn that global response to virus is test case for equity and preparation for future pandemics
AP News
The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission.
RNZ
Sweden's public health agency records what it says is the first case of a contagious new variant of mpox outside the African continent.
Kiwis may be eyeing headlines nervously as a global health emergency is declared amid rising mpox cases. What should we be aware of here?
RNZ
Otherwise fit and healthy people have been hospitalised or died from influenza A this year. So what is it and why is it so bad?
Gizmodo
The WHO is urging countries to track hardy strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae that can severely sicken anyone.
RNZ
Te Whatu Ora said the changes were part of a shift towards managing Covid-19 like other communicable diseases.
RNZ
Feel guilty taking sick leave? Don't - soldiering on is so pre-pandemic.
The Conversation
Chronic pain is often caused by a hyper-vigilant nervous system which exaggerates the pain signal even after damaged tissue has healed. Similar processes are at play in persistent fatigue.
NBC News
Biden emerged bare-faced from the motorcade after he arrived at the airport in Las Vegas, where he had made several appearances, and boarded Air Force One.
Researchers have published more than 24,000 papers on long COVID — a constellation of health effects such as shortness of breath, fatigue, brain fog and heart failure that last months or years after the initial infection.
RNZ
The greatest number of new cases reported over the past week were in Canterbury.
NPR
The Americas has made extraordinary progress, mainly by vaccinating canines. Asia and Africa —- where 95% of rabies cases happen —- have two obstacles to progress.
Newsroom
Comment from the University of Auckland: The combination of frequent, painful coughing episodes and struggling to breathe can turn critical quickly – luckily there is a vaccine, though uptake rates are very low
RNZ
There have been 8943 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday and 25 deaths.
RNZ
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark, who co chairs the Independent panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, has released a new report which says the Covid-19 crisis wasn't the end of pandemics, lessons haven't been learned and the world remains vulnerable to devastation. She spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS: Michael Baker is Professor of Public Health at the University of Otago and Alexander Gillespie is Professor of Law at the University of...
An experiment found "small but detectable" amounts of infectious H5N1 virus in milk after it was pasteurized for 15 seconds.
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.
The Conversation
The world’s best chance of preventing the next pandemic lies in a global treaty. But deep divisions over funding and the sharing of vaccines and treatments have so far prevented an agreement.
The Conversation
France is ready for the Olympics. It also needs to be ready for this virus.
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.
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