
US President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19, returns to isolation
Biden, 79, was treated with anti-viral drug Paxlovid, which can see a rebound of Covid.
Biden, 79, was treated with anti-viral drug Paxlovid, which can see a rebound of Covid.
Winter conditions and the BA.5 variant are driving infections.
More than two years and four months of Covid-19 border restrictions are set to fully end.
Staff burnout has become "massive thing", she said.
The infection peak has likely passed and with fewer than expected - experts explain why.
There are calls for long Covid in children to be recognised and researched.
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Strong hybrid immunity in the country means NZ has likely passed its peak Covid wave.
Health officials expect the death toll to worsen in coming weeks.
Michael Neilson sits down with out-going Director General of the Ministry of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield for an exit interview. Video / Mark Mitchell
Ruby Edwards passed away just two weeks before her second birthday.
Dr Ashley Bloomfield gives his final Covid-19 briefing before leaving his job.
Experts give one big reason why this wave hasn't reached a worst-case peak: immunity.
These two studies really provide compelling evidence for the natural origin hypothesis.
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Siouxsie & The Virus was published on nzherald.co.nz and other media in 2020.
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Newly-updated data has given a clearer picture of how Kiwis have been dying with Covid-19.
While daily case numbers are declining, hospitalisations continue to rise.
Females, younger people and black, mixed or other ethnic groups are at the greatest risk.
A steady drop in results from wastewater testing in all southern sites - except two.
Auckland principal worries new Govt guidance on masking leaves schools in tricky position.
For Māori and Pasifika regular term 1 attendance was fewer than a third of students.
Biosecurity Minister says disease had been considered the "doomsday disease".
Data shows teacher sick days have increased by over 50 per cent compared to last year.
Calls for stronger hate crime laws, students return but so does mask wearing and a wet and windy start to the week in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Expert warns of 'washing machine-like' process over coming years as we build up immunity.
Just-released, searchable wastewater data adds fresh perspective to NZ's Omicron wave.
Reopened borders may see rate of foreign-seeded cases in our communities jump four-fold.