News and Findings

WellKiwis Study

The following articles are the most recent related to the WellKiwis Influenza Study

September 2021

WellKiwis was featured on one of New Zealand's leading current affairs shows, Sunday TVNZ - The immunity in all of us (external link)

February 2021

Impact of the COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions on influenza and other respiratory viral infections in New Zealand | Nature Communications(external link)

December 2020

Seven-year influenza study needs more Wellington families in quest for better vaccines | Stuff.co.nz(external link)

September 2020

Regional Public Health- WellKiwis research study(external link)(external link)

May 2020

Voxy- ESR research nurses go mobile(external link)(external link)

Stuff- Workers who tested nzs first covid19 sample hidden figures of pandemic (external link)(external link)

April 2020

RNZ- Nz study could help guide development of Covid19 vaccine(external link)(external link)

Malaghan- Kiwis could hold the clue to Covid19(external link)(external link)

Newshub- Coronavirus: Kiwi flu studies expand to include COVID-19(external link)(external link)

Awards and Funding

NZdoctor- The 'SHIVERS' flu study wins national science award(external link)(external link)

National Institutes of Health- NIH announces two awards for multi-year studies of influenza immunity in children(external link)(external link)

Newshub- Kiwis granted funding to look for an end to annual flu jabs(external link)(external link)

University of Michigan- U-M among recipients of NIH grant to fund flu research(external link)(external link)(external link) 

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Archives

2019

Stuff- 600 pregnant Wellington womaen needed for international influenza study(external link)(external link)

RNZ- Pregnant woman join world-first flu study(external link)(external link)

RNZ- Mothers sought for international flu vaccine study(external link)(external link)

Scoop- Wellington children part of global vaccine research(external link)(external link)

ESR- New Zealand children will play an important role in the next major global research on human immunity to influenza(external link)(external link)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital- How is lifelong immune response to flu shaped in infancy? St Jude leads study to find out(external link)(external link)

Nature- Long-term studies will track indelible marks of first flu(external link)(external link)