Vaccines

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Auckland Hospital and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

How Auckland Hospital coped with influenza cases.

Service Above Self

How public service stopped a potential smallpox epidemic in its tracks in 1872.

The re-emergence of polio

Why is a disease once considered almost eradicated, now on the rise once more?

Pātea's iron lung

Visit Whanganui Regional Museum to learn how polio affected this region.

Measles – a modern epidemic

Measles is preventable so why are cases on the rise?

Driving Health Services Home

Dr Debbie Dunsford on how tuberculosis screening influenced our Covid-19 response.

What is polio?

Polio is viral disease that causes muscle paralysis, especially in children.

My pandemic

An Aucklander returned to nursing to help vaccinate her island community.

Lockdown Learning in 1947

Think lockdown learning and working from home is new? Think again.