Flu

Public Health Professor, Michael Baker says New Zealanders are too relaxed about the flu, whihc he says is among our most lethal infectious diseases, killing around 500 people a year. Audio

Family doctors are urging those who have not yet had the annual flu jab to get it as soon as possible . It comes as Australia grapples with thousands more flu cases than last year. RNZ health… Audio

Low vaccination rates for meningococcal disease have health authorities in Northland fearing the worst, with winter on the way. Despite an intensive emergency programme over summer, they've managed to… Audio

A hundred years ago today, the SS Talune steamed into Apia with a disease that unleashed devastation on Samoa: the Spanish flu. Audio

The number of flu cases are at very low levels for July, when flu infection normally peak. There have been extensive promotions for the flu vaccine this year. Audio

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

The public is being reassured that this year's flu vaccine will be effective. The Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre Nikki Turner tells Guyon Espiner there's been a slight delay this year… Audio

Will the bad strain of the flu in North America reach New Zealand? Audio

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

This year in November marks 100 years since the country's most deadly pandemic claimed 9000 lives. To mark the centenery and raise awareness about the worst publice health disaster in New Zealand's… Audio

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

We know that computers can defeat virtual viruses with antivirus software, but could they also be used to kill the viruses that affect our bodies? Some scientists are doing just that, says biochemist… Audio

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists looks at a way to fight the flu virus using a colourful Indian frog and a super bandage that encourages wounds to heal way faster. Audio

World-renowned New Zealand virologist Professor Robert Webster is a pioneering virologist who helped identify the avian strain of influenza. Based at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis… Audio