bird flu

In the News | Published: 29 March 201805 July 2018

Over 22,000 cattle will be culled in an effort to prevent further spread of the disease Mycoplasma bovis. Minister for […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 28 February 201811 April 2019

PHARMAC has announced it will fund this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine that covers four strains of the flu. Following reports […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 27 July 201703 August 2018

MPI is responding to the discovery of a cattle disease on a South Canterbury farm. Mycoplasma bovis is common internationally but this is the […]

In the News | Published: 26 July 201703 August 2018

The bacterial disease Mycoplasma bovis has been found in New Zealand cows for the first time on a dairy farm […]

In the News | Published: 12 June 201703 August 2018

New research from the University of Otago has shown that the flu is a major killer in New Zealand, with […]

In the News | Published: 03 April 201703 August 2018

An outbreak of typhoid in Auckland has sent at least ten people to hospital, with officials working to confirm another […]

Blog | Published: 10 February 201712 July 2017

This week I had the pleasure of attending part of a University of Otago symposium on infectious diseases and gave […]

In the News | Published: 21 September 201605 July 2018

Preliminary findings from a multi-million dollar, five-year international flu study reveal the extent to which people are infected by influenza […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 April 201605 July 2018

Influenza vaccinations are more effective in the morning, reports a new study. The UK research, published in the journal Vaccine, compared […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 April 201603 May 2017

The current Zika outbreak in Brazil may have had its origins in Polynesia, says new research speculating the virus was […]