Covid

As Omicron case numbers and reinfections rise, could the country benefit from making a second booster shot more widely available? The answer from one immunologist is a firm, 'no'. At the moment people… Audio

The most transmissible variant yet of the coronavirus is threatening a fresh wave of infections in New Zealand. The subvariant of Omicron known as BA.5 is reported as now dominant in the United… Audio

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We're told to stay home when we're sick – but for many workers, that's an almost impossible ask. Can employers be doing more? Audio

Science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about research that's modelled how many lives were saved during the first year the vaccines were available, a catnip plant from Japan and… Audio

If you've headed overseas lately, you'll know the process isn't as straightforward as it used to be - with pre-departure RAT tests and the New Zealand Traveller Declaration top of a list of bugbears… Audio

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We know the symptoms of long Covid include things like memory problems and 'brain fog.' But one of the most rigorous examinations of the long-term cognitive impacts of severe Covid has unveiled some… Audio

Two years ago this week the country's media chiefs told MPs Covid had crushed their cashflow and the viability of the news media was in doubt. Two years later, Mediawatch asks one boss: is the crisis… Audio

The 26 million residents of Shanghai have been dealing with strict lockdown conditions since late March due to China's zero-Covid strategy. Audio

Chey and the team translate Jacinda Ardern’s announcement to the country of our first level 4 lockdown. Covid has affected us all and this is certainly a topical issue for our Whakamāori team to dive… Video, Audio

Professor Jeremy Nicholson is the Director of the Australian National Phenome Centre at Murdoch University and a leading researcher into Long Covid. His team is working with multiple universities… Audio

Nearly a third of all current Covid community cases are children and teenagers.

Latest Health Ministry figures show 14.4 percent are children aged nine and under, and 17.4 percent are aged between 10… Audio

As the world wrestles with trying to end the Covid-19, professor David Hayman is on the hunt for our next pandemic foe. An infectious disease ecologist at Massey University, Hayman has travelled the… Audio

There are claims that Covid patients have been left waiting for antiviral treatments because Pharmac has been too slow signing a supply contract. 

But in a statement to Local Deocracy reporting, the… Video, Audio

There's concern a pharmacy test for Omicron antibody levels will lull people into a false sense of security or send them into a panic unnecessarily.

Biotech company Orbis Diagnostics says it is… Video, Audio

It's time to get back to "normal", National leader Chris Luxon says. He is calling for immediately ditching most requirements for vaccine passes.

He also wants to see isolation periods dropped from… Video, Audio