New Zealanders are being encouraged to prepare for the likely arrival of bird flu. The strain of H5N1 bird flu affecting […]
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Mpox vaccine antibodies wane within a year – Expert Reaction
Antibodies from the mpox vaccine Jynneos appear to drop off after a few months, and boosters may be needed, according to […]
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COVID-19 tests no longer free in NZ – Expert Reaction
The free supply of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) comes to an end early next week. Te Whatu Ora says the […]
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Young children have a different immune response to COVID – Expert Reaction
Children under 5 years old have a weaker immune response to COVID-19 compared with older children and adults, new research […]
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New mpox case linked to Queenstown Festival – Expert Reaction
A new case of mpox in New Zealand appears to be linked to the Queenstown Winter Pride event in August. […]
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Avian flu’s spread to remote Antarctic islands – Expert Reaction
New research has detailed the extent of how the highly pathogenic avian flu virus H5N1 rapidly spread into wildlife on […]
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NZ’s wild birds have been safe from severe bird flu so far – Expert Reaction
Testing of nearly 19,000 wild birds over 16 years has never detected highly pathogenic bird flu in Aotearoa New Zealand. […]
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Bird flu arrives in Australia – Expert Reaction
Two bird flu incursions have hit the Australian state of Victoria. Avian influenza has been detected on an egg farm in Victoria’s […]
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Avian influenza in US dairy cows – Expert Reaction
Overnight, the World Health Organization hosted a webinar on the public health risk of avian influenza (H5N1) recently detected in dairy cattle in the […]
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Bird flu arrives in mainland Antarctica – Expert Reaction
The H5N1 virus continues its global spread, having recently been found for the first time ever in mainland Antarctica. Avian […]
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