Vaccine

Wallace Chapman speaks to Associate Professor James Ussher, Director of the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases ahead of the human trials in the UK for a potential vaccine to coronavirus. Audio

Superman and his descendants launched a fascination with technological superism that continues today. Iwan Rhys Morus is professor of history at Aberystwyth University in Wales and has recently… Audio

CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has begun the first stage of testing vaccine candidates for COVID-19, in what it's calling a 'critical research milestone'. Australian Animal Health… Audio

Remdesivir is being billed as the most promising Covid-19 drug by researchers. Andrew Joseph is a reporter at STAT covering health and medicine who has been looking into Remdesivir.  Audio

Nobel prize-winning Australian immunologist Professor Peter Doherty says need to think like we’ve already got Covid-19 if we want to protect our most vulnerable. Audio

Kiwi Gary McLean is a Professor of Immunology at the London Metropolitan University. His recent research has been looking at developing a possible inoculation for the common cold - something that has… Audio

Sara Del Valle is an applied mathematician and disease modeller. She and other disease modellers have gazed into their computers to see the future of Covid-19 and the news, in her opinion, is not bad… Audio

Professor Chris Lowry from Colorado University is part of a team of scientists who have uncovered a bacteria found in soil which can help combat anxiety and depression.  Audio

Northland's low immunisation rates have left health officials scrambling to ensure it doesn't spread - and principals are being encouraged to exclude students who haven't had their jabs. Reporter Nita… Video, Audio

Low vaccination rates for meningococcal disease have health authorities in Northland fearing the worst, with winter on the way. Despite an intensive emergency programme over summer, they've managed to… Audio

Disturbing figures released last week by the World Health Organisation shows a big increase in the number of reported measels cases. In Europe, the number of cases went from 5,273 in 2016 , to 25,863… Audio

The police in Samoa have charged a nurse over the death of two babies last month. The babies died minutes after they received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, which prompted the Samoa… Audio

Cases of head and neck cancer are increasing at a faster rate than other cancers, yet a cure for one of the causes is being turned down too often, according to Whangarei doctor Andrew Miller. In… Audio

ESR has developed a new way of tracking the spread of flu in real time. The Flu dashboard feeds in information from hospitals, doctors, Healthline and laboratories around the country, testing which… Audio

Researchers have developed an exciting new vaccine substance that could lead to improved immune responses and reduced side-effects for existing vaccines. It could also play a role in developing… Audio

Paediatrician Professor Andrew Pollard is a world expert on vaccination; he advises the World Health Organisation and is the Chair of the United Kingdom's Joint Committee on Vaccination and… Audio