A number of cases of Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (commonly dubbed swine flu) have been recently reported in New […]
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UPDATED: Potential Hep A contamination of fruit – experts respond
The Ministry for Primary Industries is warning consumers there is a small chance that fruit from a Hawkes Bay packhouse […]
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Increasing cases of measles, particularly in Auckland, have health officials worried. The discovery of two measles infected passengers on a […]
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Predicting future flu strains – experts respond
A new study in the journal Nature describes a model that can successfully predict changes in seasonal human influenza virus […]
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Republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons license. By Rachael Dunlop, University of Technology, Sydney Recently released government figures show […]
Continue readingHuman to human transmission of H7N9 bird flu – experts respond
The first report of probable person to person transmission of the new avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in Eastern China […]
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An article in the New Zealand Herald reports on the results of a Kleenex-commissioned survey of the hygiene of Kiwis, […]
Continue readingConcern over novel coronavirus – experts respond
A new coronavirus — the same type of virus responsible for the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or […]
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Expert briefing on H7N9 avian influenza
UK SMC: As the number of human cases of avian flu continues to rise, China and its surrounding regions remain […]
Continue readingFighting rheumatic fever – experts respond
UPDATED: New funding to combat rheumatic fever announced today will provide for free drop-in clinics for sore throat testing and […]
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