Two specific nose cell types have been identified as likely initial infection points for COVID-19 coronavirus. Scientists discovered […]

Cells infected with HIV make two forms of the virus’s RNA. A new article finds a single nucleotide […]

Experts from UNC Chapel Hill review possible clinical approaches from antivirals to gene therapy against the virus responsible […]

Shuffling of DNA in a single gene might be why the syphilis bacteria can evade the immune system. […]

The genome of the herpes simplex virus 1 was decoded using new methods. Hundreds of previously unknown gene […]

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in New Zealand accounted for an estimated 91 per cent of all mortality in 2008. […]

New Zealand is considered a non-endemic country for malaria by the World Health Organization. Estimated levels of incidence […]

Hepatitis A outbreaks occur throughout the world and sometimes in countries with a low risk for hepatitis A […]

The lethal influenza pandemic that struck New Zealand between October and December 1918 killed about 9000 people in […]

Chikungunya is a febrile viral illness transmitted by mosquitoes (but not mosquitoes normally found in New Zealand). It […]