Claire Kaplan, Author at Science Media Centre

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 September 2021

Arthritis drug tocilizumab will now be funded to treat patients with moderate to severe cases of Covid-19. The drug is […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 15 September 202115 September 2021

Cyber attacks have hit several New Zealand organisations this month, disrupting their online services. The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 14 September 202127 November 2021

The Novavax vaccine is the remaining Covid-19 jab among the Government’s pre-purchase agreements that’s under review by Medsafe, with doses […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 September 2021

New Zealand’s current alert level settings will stay the course for another week as “mystery cases” of Covid-19 still emerge […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 September 2021

Starting in October, seasonal workers from Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu will be able to come to New Zealand without needing […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 September 2021

New Zealand has topped up its Covid-19 vaccine supply with more than 250,000 additional doses purchased from Spain to meet […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 September 202109 September 2021

Analysis of almost 50 kākāpō genomes has found the current population on Rakiura/Stewart Island is more in-bred – but shows […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 08 September 2021

The place of testing in our current Covid-19 response is being widely discussed – but which tests are best: PCR […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 September 202109 September 2021

Public schools outside Auckland will be re-opening tomorrow under revised Alert Level 2 settings, which encourage tamariki over the age […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 September 2021

With the exception of Auckland, New Zealand will drop down to Alert Level 2 tomorrow night. The Alert Level 2 […]