Flu

Vitamin D has a limited lifespan in the body, so do we need a top up in winter? And if so, just how much do we need? Dr Pamela von Hurst joins the show to discuss how to get your daily dose. Audio

In almost every age group, males appear to have worse Covid-19 symptoms and a higher death rate than females. And a study from Spain suggests that a disproportionate number of men with male pattern… Audio

Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence on Sunday Morning throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the… Audio

Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University who specialises in infectious diseases, immunology and antibody engineering. He discusses the big international… Audio

Do you become immune after SARS-CoV-2 infection? And if so, how long does that immunity last? Helen Stillwell from  Yale University has been looking at the question of what role immunity will play in… Audio

Public health expert Michael Baker is with us again on Sunday Morning to discuss the latest in the battle against Covid-19 and answer your questions and ours as New Zealand enters the fourth week of… Audio

With so many people now working from home, or not at all, due to Covid-19, the 'impostor syndrome' that occurs in the workplace is on the backburner. It has been replaced by a rise in what Dr. Sandi… Audio

Supplies of the flu vaccine have arrived in the country but many medical centres are reporting difficulties getting deliveries. One South Island practice has told us they got through their first 300… Audio

Nobel prize-winning Australian immunologist Professor Peter Doherty says need to think like we’ve already got Covid-19 if we want to protect our most vulnerable. Audio

Like other residents of Paris, journalist and science writer Laura Spinney is holed up in her home in the French capital: she's only able to venture out if she can produce an official certificate… Audio

Kiwi Gary McLean is a Professor of Immunology at the London Metropolitan University. His recent research has been looking at developing a possible inoculation for the common cold - something that has… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is urging calm as panicked shoppers rush for medical supplies and empty supermarket shelves in the wake of this country's first coronavirus case. Professor Michael… Audio

Sara Del Valle is an applied mathematician and disease modeller. She and other disease modellers have gazed into their computers to see the future of Covid-19 and the news, in her opinion, is not bad… Audio

Just a week into the official flu season, nearly 1.3 million people have already had the flu vaccine - close to the same number as the whole of last winter. As stocks run low, the vaccines will now… Video, Audio

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