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Covid-19: What will drive NZ's next wave?

NZ's next Covid-19 wave will likely be driven by an entirely new variant, experts say.

Matt Heath: Defeating a fear of needles with the help of a monk

Matt Heath has faced down his personal dragon - and been jabbed.

Covid latest: 15 virus-related deaths; 2100 new cases and 436 people in hospital

There are 436 people in hospital with the virus, including seven in intensive care.

How artificial sweeteners could be increasing your risk of diabetes

Sugar substitutes were long believed to have no impact on the body.

Analysis: Covid deaths - understanding how the NZ numbers are reported

Covid-19 deaths explained. What do 'died from, with, attributed, and underlying' mean?

An old medicine grows new hair for a few cents a day, doctors say

New York Times: The treatment remains relatively unknown to both patients and doctors.

Polio was almost eradicated. This year it staged a comeback

New York Times: Polio is a highly contagious and sometimes deadly enemy.

US pharmacy chains fined $1b over opioid crisis in communities

Jury says pharmacies played a massive role in creating a public nuisance.

'Unbelievable': How Govt crackdown failed to protect women from surgical mesh harm

"It is unbelievable ... someone needs to take some accountability for this."

School puts brakes on students' fast-food fix

Hastings Boys' High goes uber-healthy

Why a century-old vaccine offers new hope against Covid-19

New York Times: BCG tuberculosis vaccine may protect against Covid and other infections.

I eat at restaurants for a living. That's not why my stomach always hurts

New York Times: Half the world has a type of bacteria that can mess with digestion.

Monkeypox: Health officials warn infected people to stay away from pets

An Italian greyhound in Paris has reportedly caught the virus.

'Sacrifice paying a few bills': Māori patients face extra travel burden for surgery

Māori liver cancer patients travel median of 121km compared with 56km for Europeans.

'Heartbroken' - Loving husband desperate for local hospital to reopen to be closer to his wife

Helen Tyler was forced to move out of Leeston Hospital to Ashburton 50km away.

'My family jokes we are famous': The tradie, the Coromandel and a family gathering - inside NZ's first Delta cases

The 'Birkdale cluster's experience with Covid and infamy and the year was stolen by Delta

Delta's dawn a year ago today: The day NZ's Covid elimination dream died

When do we mark the death of NZ's elimination dream? One year ago this week, perhaps.

'What if this is my destiny?' Children of Alzheimer's patients sometimes fear future

New York Times: Watching a loved one's decline can stoke personal concerns.