Helen Petousis Harris

The Economist's health editor Natasha Loder wrote that advances in mRNA technology have spawned groundbreaking new cancer vaccine trials around the world, from melanoma to colorectal cancers. Audio

A vaccinologist says allowing pharmacists to vaccinate children under 5 years' old will help improve immunisation rates in pockets of the country where they are dangerously low.

Pharmacists can now… Audio

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It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year.  Audio

Pacific children contracting meningicoccal disease likely to increase this year. Audio

A vaccinologist says it's logical to roll out a new Omicron-fighting vaccine just in time for winter.

The bivalent jab, which combines two strains of the virus, will be available for anyone 30 plus… Audio

Adults in Australia can now get Moderna's Omicron Covid-19 booster vaccine.

Should it be made available in New Zealand?

University of Auckland vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris spoke to Guyon… Audio

Latest figures show there are at least five-and-a-half-thousand new community cases of COVID 19 in the country There's currently a rolling average of eight-and-a-half thousand cases and 24 deaths per… Audio

Vaccine researchers are increasingly interested in the pursuit of a universal coronavirus vaccine that is resistant to all variants.

University of Auckland vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris spoke… Audio

Second booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will soon be available for those most at risk of getting very sick from an infection.

The Response Minister Chris Hipkins says several hundred thousand… Audio

As Omicron rages in New Zealand, attention is turning to a possible fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose.

The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, has asked for advice on how helpful an additional… Audio

In the seemingly never-ending parade of covid-enforced changes, we are now queueing for a third vaccination. Here's why it's so vital, now that Omicron has entered the picture.  Audio

AstraZeneca jabs will soon be available, in what is being seen as another lever in the government's push to boost vaccination rates.

The double dose vaccine will provide an alternative for those who… Audio

An elderly dementia patient who has tested positive for Covid-19 at an Auckland resthome had only received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last month. Nova Gibson, says that she didn't get the… Audio

To the Bay of Plenty of town in Murupara now which has one of the lowest rates of vaccination for Covid-19 in the country. So far untouched by the Delta outbreak, there are serious concerns about what… Audio

Some of the world's leading vaccine experts from Melbourne, London and New Zealand have, this evening, been answering journalist's questions about how good the covid-19 Pfizer vaccine is and how to… Audio

New Zealanders are now going to be surveyed to help track reactions to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

A text message will be sent from the Ministry of Health to about 10 percent of randomly selected… Audio