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Covid-19: What can NZ learn from Australia's Omicron wave?

NZ hospitals should prepare for "worst-case" scenario of 1500 daily cases, experts say.

Booster change gives NZ bigger head-start against Omicron - experts

Experts welcome "pragmatic" Govt call to make booster available to a million more Kiwis.

The planet-saving plan to bring the woolly mammoth back from the dead

Times: 'Our goal isn't just to bring back functional mammoths but to rewild the Arctic.'

Math that helped solve Fermat's theorem now safeguards the digital world

New York Times: The mathematicians also devised powerful forms of end-to-end encryption.

Critical worker RATs rollout faces 'accessibility issues': expert

It has been announced 36 million extra rapid antigen test kits have been secured.

Explained: What NZ can expect from new Omicron subvariant

It's expected to soon become the main type of Omicron spreading in NZ. So what is BA.2?

Can NZ get boosted before Omicron peak hits? Race is on

Omicron cases are soon expected to take off - but there's hope we can boost NZ in time.

Omicron amps up concerns about long Covid and its causes

Scientists race to find treatments before a potential explosion in long Covid cases.

Omicron: How did this outbreak start? What we've learned so far

As NZ battles its first major Omicron cluster, experts suggest how it may have started.

Melbourne epidemiologist says NZ will 'easily' see 100,000 cases

While the country has suppressed past outbreaks, Omicron brings new challenges.

Cutting booster wait now could spare worse Omicron peak - expert

Epidemiologist says NZ is 'crazy' not to cut booster gap to three months after second jab.

'Please reconsider': PM's message for NZ's 213,000 unvaxxed

Jacinda Ardern has made an 11th hour plea to NZ's 213,000-odd unvaxxed teens and adults.

The common Omicron symptom that could be warning you're infected

Revealed: The one most common symptom for predicting a positive Covid test.

Omicron threat: Why Siouxsie Wiles won't be going to bars or restaurants

Siouxsie Wiles says airborne risk means she'll be staying away.

Lab monkey missing after highway crash, people warned not to approach

Several monkeys, destined for a lab, escaped after the collision.

Booster shots needed against Omicron, US studies show

Three large US studies echo other countries' research showing booster improves protection.