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Influenza A H1N1 in New Zealand – Experts respond
A number of cases of Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (commonly dubbed swine flu) have been recently reported in New […]
Continue readingExperts Respond: Potential avian influenza resurgence
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has today urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of […]
Continue readingDom Post: Scientists prove humans can have two flus at once
Kate Newton writes in the Dominion Post about findings in a New Zealand-based study that show that two different flu […]
Continue readingCould seasonal flu help pandemic flu?
New Zealand-based research has shown that, for people who get both seasonal A(H1N1) and pandemic flu (H1N1) flu at the […]
Continue readingExperts on 60 Minutes vitamin C ‘miracle cure’ story
The Science Media Centre sought comment from experts on the 60 Minutes piece Living Proof, which examined the story of […]
Continue readingODT: Swine flu still a threat here: Ministry of Health
With a fifth suspected swine flu death in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health is warning that New Zealand is […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Cloning, oil spills and the Nutty Professor
Sacked drug adviser tours NZ Professor David Nutt grabbed headlines in the UK last year when the chair of the […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: swine flu
Following the outbreak of a highly infectious virus (now confirmed as swine flu) in the Wairarapa in the last few […]
Continue readingDom Post: Schools swine flu clear out
Tanya Katterns writes in the Dominion Post about a highly contagious virus, thought to be H1N1 flu, which is emptying […]
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