infectious disease

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 May 202210 September 2024

The monkeypox virus, which causes fever symptoms and rashes, has been detected in countries across Europe and North America. The virus […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 September 2020

A review of seven clinical trials finds corticosteroids improve the chance of survival for COVID-19 patients. The research pooled data from […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 August 202014 August 2020

The Prime Minister has urged people to look out for the onset of COVID-19 symptoms if they’ve been in contact […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 May 2020

The Ministry of Health closed two COVID-19 clusters at the weekend, meaning there have been no transmissions from them in 28 days. Thirteen […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 April 2020

Despite the dramatic reduction in social interaction at Alert Level 4, some of us are still getting sick with conditions […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 26 March 2020

Cases of COVID-19 are being recorded in rural areas. Will the thinly-stretched health services be able to cope? Today’s Ministry of Health […]

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 […]

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 […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 March 201607 March 2016

The Zika virus may be carried by a mosquito species found in New Zealand, according to preliminary results from Brazilian […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 March 201603 May 2017

The Ministry of Health has reported a case of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus in New Zealand. A […]