Jul 20, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Tony Blakely, Tim Wilson & Vijaya Sundararajan As Australia looks toward opening its international borders, new virus modelling provides scenarios that can help us decide what’s the right risk to tolerate. As Australia inches up its vaccine rollout, the...
Jun 7, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Caleb Dresser The human impact of COVID-19 has been horrific, and the health impacts of climate change continue to mount. Rather than focus on comparing the scale of these catastrophes, we should heed the lessons of our experience with COVID-19 as we face a...
May 19, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Arindam Basu A long summer awaits India and the world will need to come together to solve the crisis. None of us are really safe until all of us are safe from COVID-19. One hopes that the Indian experience has taught the world this lesson. As of 10 May, 2021, India...
Dec 15, 2020 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached a new high in infections across the US, Europe, and around the world. But good news is on the horizon with the development of several vaccines. How quickly will the vaccines be distributed? What principles will guide their...
Nov 16, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Mark Thomas “High levels of vaccination may be expected to provide our communities with the best possible protection against COVID-19.” Preventing catastrophic community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is the goal of many nations. Those, such as New Zealand,...
Nov 16, 2020 | Science & Technology
Recent news from pharmaceutical powerhouse Pfizer that a promising vaccine for the COVID-19 virus may soon be made available worldwide, including in New Zealand, has provided optimism in a time of significant anxiety, as infection rates soar internationally. We spoke...
Nov 12, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Joseph Boden “We will begin to make real progress when we realise that the War on Drugs has been a complete failure and damaging to our society, and that significant changes in our attitudes and laws are needed to begin to deal with drugs as a health issue,...
Oct 21, 2020 | Science & Technology
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the world is racing to create a viable vaccine to help control the spread of the virus. Is New Zealand ready for a vaccine? How will it be rolled out? And how effective will it be? Jemima Huston spoke to University of Otago...
Aug 31, 2020 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
Misinformation is rampant about COVID-19, and in some cases, it has caused death, blindness, emergency health issues, widespread stigma, and social ostracization. Holly Seale and Md. Saiful Islam were part of a team that studied the rumors, conspiracies, and...
Aug 11, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Ben Goldson Once capable of taking a leading role in the fight against disease, the World Health Organization has struggled to replicate its early successes in recent decades, including in its response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, following...