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Your questions on the latest Covid cases, answered

16 February 2021

Opinion: Three new community cases of Covid-19 and an unknown source have plunged Auckland into lockdown and the rest of the country into alert level two. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tackles some of the critical questions we now face.
Choir collaboration a cause for celebration

11 February 2021

Composer Ben Fernandez was so inspired by a piano performance he did for the CeleBRation Choir that he composed a song for them during lockdown—complete with vocals for the choir to sing.
Food hardship prevalent in Kiwi kids’ early years

10 February 2021

Nearly half of families struggle to access healthy food in their child’s first year of life, a New Zealand study shows.
Covid-19 transmission 101

5 February 2021

Opinion: Our understanding of the way Covid-19 is transmitted from person to person has changed a lot since the pandemic began. A year in, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains what we now know.
Emergency room upgrade: helping kids avoid unneeded CT scans, radiation

3 February 2021

New medical guidelines may reduce unnecessary CT scans, and the associated radiation, for children with head injuries.
What do we know about Covid transmission via pipes and ventilation?

29 January 2021

Opinion: Is it plausible that the new cases contracted in the Pullman hotel in Auckland were transmitted via pipes? Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains what the science tells us.
How worried should we be about these new Covid-19 mutations?

26 January 2021

Opinion: The new Northland case has been linked to the South African strain of Covid-19, one of a number of new, more contagious Covid variants. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains how they emerge and why.
Why we’re not ready for a vaccine rollout

26 January 2021

Opinion: Helen Petousis-Harris looks at what needs to be done ahead of vaccinating older New Zealanders against Covid to avoid the scare experienced in Norway.
We must change tack on ‘racist’ disease

22 January 2021

Opinion: Our approach so far to end a 'racist' disease – acute rheumatic fever - has not worked for all. It's time to try something new, writes Collin Tukuitonga.
MRI scans show pregnancy risks from mums' sleeping positions

15 January 2021

Women who go to sleep on their back in late pregnancy are more likely to have stillbirths. A cutting-edge MRI study points to why.
100 years of sexual abuse of women: what's changed?

14 January 2021

A century of sexual abuse of women in New Zealand is analysed in a University of Auckland study.
The Covid time machine

12 January 2021

In the Infection and Immunity Laboratory at the University of Auckland, a team led by Nikki Moreland has built a Covid-19 time machine.

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