Influenza
Professor Michael Baker answers your Covid-19 questions
Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence on Sunday Morning throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the… Audio
The 'daunting process' of creating a Covid-19 vaccine
A vaccine for Covid-19 could be developed in the next 18 months, but it could be longer depending on how the virus mutates, the head of the Human Vaccines Project says Audio
What role will immunity play in conquering Covid-19?
Do you become immune after SARS-CoV-2 infection? And if so, how long does that immunity last? Helen Stillwell from Yale University has been looking at the question of what role immunity will play in… Audio
Professor Gary McLean: 'No age group is immune from Covid-19'
Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology and infectious diseases specialist. He says things are being done well here in relation to the spread of Covid-19, but offers a stark warning that it… Audio
"To me it was just a blur."
As Covid-19 sweeps across the world, Eyewitness examines another outbreak that captured the headlines a decade ago. Audio
Is fear fueling the economic impact of coronavirus?
An expert in disaster economics believes fear is needlessly fueling the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Statistics from China indicate that about 2 per cent of people infected with the… Audio
Hygiene practices, not masks, key to avoiding viruses
The first suspected case of coronavirus in New Zealand has thankfully tested negative but questions remain about how to keep the virus out of the country. Professor Patricia Priest joins the show to… Audio
Suspected influenza virus spreads through Westport school
Westport North School hopes to reopen its doors on Friday after it was forced to shut when more than a third of its pupils became sick. School principal Cath O'Loughlin says early indications suggest… Video, Audio
The history of the flu and coping with future outbreaks
It's one hundred years since the Spanish flu pandemic killed between 50 - 100 million people, but are we any more prepared for the next inevitable outbreak of influenza? Dr Jeremy Brown looks the… Audio
100 years since boat unleashed the Spanish Flu on Samoa
A hundred years ago today, the SS Talune steamed into Apia with a disease that unleashed devastation on Samoa: the Spanish flu. Audio
1918 Pacific influenza crisis
A hundred years ago a ship left Auckland harbour heading for Fiji. The SS Talune was carrying influenza and it wreaked havoc across the pacific. Audio
Professor Robert Webster - author of Flu Hunter
Balclutha-born Professor Robert Webster is a world-renowned virologist and international expert in influenza who was among the first scientists to acknowledge a link between human and avian flu. His… Audio
Tracking flu around New Zealand
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
Ryan McLane: lessons from the 1918 killer flu
This year marks 100 years since the most deadly epidemic in NZ's history claimed nearly 10,000 lives. The influenza pandemic of 1918, at the end of WW1, hit hard and fast killing four times as many… Audio
Australia's killer flu strain
Australia is in the grip of its worst flu season in over a decade, due to the H3N2 strain of Influenza A, which is mutating fast and has killed at least 73 people so far this year. Audio
Epidemic: the story of Robert Logan
Can you imagine if 20 per cent of the people you know suddenly died? How would you feel if the people in charge blocked doctors from helping them? For Samoans in 1918 this wasn't a hypothetical… Audio
Hospitalisations ease off in 'below average' flu season
Flu rates are still well below average for winter and doctors say the worst is over, despite hospitals being hit with a particularly harsh strain and other illnesses.
Out With The Cold
With cold and flu season lurking, Dr Shaun Holt talks to Kathryn Ryan about prevention and treatment. Shaun is Adjunct Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, advisor to several pharmaceutical… Audio
Widen free flu jab to reach virus carriers - experts
A flu expert is calling for a rethink about who can receive the free flu jab as research shows many with the infection have no symptoms but can still spread the virus.
NZ study uncovers 'iceberg' of undiagnosed flu cases
Eighty percent of people who caught flu last year did not see a doctor - and most of them did not even know they were infected, a large New Zealand study has found.
