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Why a century-old vaccine offers new hope against Covid-19
New York Times: BCG tuberculosis vaccine may protect against Covid and other infections.

I eat at restaurants for a living. That's not why my stomach always hurts
New York Times: Half the world has a type of bacteria that can mess with digestion.

Monkeypox: Health officials warn infected people to stay away from pets
An Italian greyhound in Paris has reportedly caught the virus.

'Sacrifice paying a few bills': Māori patients face extra travel burden for surgery
Māori liver cancer patients travel median of 121km compared with 56km for Europeans.

'Heartbroken' - Loving husband desperate for local hospital to reopen to be closer to his wife
Helen Tyler was forced to move out of Leeston Hospital to Ashburton 50km away.

'My family jokes we are famous': The tradie, the Coromandel and a family gathering - inside NZ's first Delta cases
The 'Birkdale cluster's experience with Covid and infamy and the year was stolen by Delta

Delta's dawn a year ago today: The day NZ's Covid elimination dream died
When do we mark the death of NZ's elimination dream? One year ago this week, perhaps.

'What if this is my destiny?' Children of Alzheimer's patients sometimes fear future
New York Times: Watching a loved one's decline can stoke personal concerns.

'A step forward': Cystic fibrosis community excited, hopeful for 'miracle' drug funding
One man said it would be a "totally different world" if the drug was funded.

Why some cancers keep coming back
Leah Hardy looks at the reasons why some cancers - particularly breast cancer, come back.

Why Anne Heche was kept on life support so long
The star was kept on life support after her legal death for a touching reason.

Updated Moderna vaccine that protects against Omicron approved in Britain
Each dose of the booster will target both the original virus and the Omicron BA.

Whanganui River 'always makes things better for me'
'Just being down here gives me a huge smile and brings me at peace with myself.'

'Life-changing mistake' led to $230k medical bill in US
Amanda Sesio put off going to the hospital because she did not have travel insurance.

Surgeon ordered to apologise to family of man who died after bowel exam
Surgeon failed to recognise man's condition was deteriorating the day before he died.

'Wholly preventable': Ear infection turns fatal for man in his 30s
The man died in spite of his multiple attempts to seek help from the ED.

Live: 12 Covid-related deaths; 536 people in hospital
"We are definitely not out of the woods at all with this virus," Michael Baker says.

Menopause and incontinence: Women need to stop suffering in silence
The 'secret' issue we're finally talking about.

Rongoā garden 'a pretty special spot'
The garden is a place to learn and teach those with a hunger for medicinal knowledge.

When will the pandemic end? And other pressing questions, answered
New York Times opinion: Three experts weigh in on some of the big questions.

'Fit' tradie's heartache after ignoring cancer symptom
For eight months he thought the abnormality was nothing to worry about.

Migrant doctors say they're jumping through hoops to get roles
About 80 doctors, who graduated overseas, say they cannot get the internships they need.

Worker describes 'burning' lungs after hospital heater mishap
One worker described 'burning lungs' and says he still feels disorientated months later.

Low case numbers might mean end of this wave, but not of pandemic - Michael Baker
Baker said although this is positive, it doesn't mean we are out of the woods.

Kiwi stuck with $230k debt after US hospital saga
A Kiwi went to the US for a cousin's wedding but contracted a life-threatening pneumonia.

Covid: Lowest number of new cases since Feb, 557 people in hospital
The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers yesterday was 4418.

Omicron outbreak: 3650 new Covid cases, 546 in hospital as infections fall
BA.5 still dominant variant, but watch is being kept for BA.4.6 strain on rise abroad.

'It's a travesty': Expert slams World Rugby's response to brain injuries
He says the organisation's responses have no scientific grounding whatsoever.