What New Zealanders should know about the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in India

Explainer - What is the Nipah virus, and why is it raising concerns about travel from parts of Asia? Here's what you need to ...

The invisible factors that decide whether a common infection turns fatal

"The immune system will typically determine how serious an infection is, and how it will respond," says Professor Peter ...

Disneyland, Public Health Officials Respond To Measles Case Identified In Recent Visitor

Public health officials in Orange and Los Angeles counties have confirmed a person infected with measles visited Disneyland last week.
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Valneva and Instituto Butantan Announce Initiation of a Pilot Vaccination Campaign in Brazil with Single-Shot Chikungunya Vaccine IXCHIQ®

Valneva SE  (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company and Instituto Butantan, one of the world’s largest biomedical research centers, today announced the initiation of a Pilot ...

Hundreds of trees felled as ash dieback spreads

The South East is the area where ash dieback has had the most impact across the country, and scientists estimate only 5% of ash trees develop a tolerance to the disease. The council says once the tree ...
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Could a new AI model transform genetic testing and drug discovery?

A new AI model from Google DeepMind called AlphaGenome can predict how DNA mutations affect biological processes, helping pinpoint genes linked to diseases and speeding up drug discovery.