'Basically a vertical line': New virus strain takes 'terrifying' turn
The UK's current outlook is bleak, as PM prepares to announce tough lockdown.
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Calls for calm after allergic reactions to Covid vaccine
Health experts are attempting to stamp out public panic about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Covid: 30 per cent of NZers are 'vaccine sceptics'
The WHO has identified "vaccine hesitancy" as one of the top 10 threats to global health.
Is 'natural immunity' from Covid better than a vaccine?
New York Times: Some argue that surviving a bout of Covid-19 confers the best protection.
US and UK spar over 'vaccine nationalism'
New York Times: There are conflicting explanations as to why the UK won the vaccine race.
Moderna follows Pfizer with 95% success rate: How to read these exciting Covid vaccine developments
Last week Pfizer announced their vaccine success, now Moderna has done the same.
Pandemic reaches grim milestone as Biden moves to take charge
New York Times: Biden is confronting a coronavirus pandemic that's surging out of control.
Covid vaccine looking 90 per cent effective - when NZ could receive it
The announcement doesn't mean a vaccine is imminent.
Covid: UK could get 40m Pfizer vaccine jabs by New Year
NZ has also signed with Pfizer, which says it's manufacturing at scale as trials continue.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Stockpiling of medicines putting 'major strain' on supplies
Shortage of birth control pills - unrelated to Covid-19 - is also affecting New Zealand.
Pill could prevent Alzheimer's. But the drug company didn't tell anyone
Pfizer had hints that its anti-inflammatory had other side effects, but kept them secret.
Cancer mum: 'We want to ... live our lives as us'
Claire McLintock hopes a new breast cancer drug will give her more quality years.
NZ tax deal with US 'great news'
NZ will soon net $100m a year by closing tax loopholes for foreign multinationals.
Pfizer's Viagra tax dollars head to Dublin
Ireland is about to get a new biggest company, and it's only a little smaller than the nation's entire economy.
Tax rules won't stop Pfizer from leaving US
The US attempt to stop companies from leaving for tax reasons won't stop Pfizer, which is still considering a deal to move.
Obama condemns overseas tax deals
President Obama's denunciation of overseas mergers that lower US companies' taxes is throwing cold water on potential deals.
Companies abandon US to dodge tax
A look at some of the US firms that have incorporated overseas in moves that some say is robbing the US of billions of dollars in tax revenue.
More companies flee US to avoid taxes
The number of US companies reincorporating overseas has shot up considerably in recent decades.
Cash no longer king to fund takeovers
To fund big deals, buyers are using stock to fuel the best quarter for global takeovers since 2007.
Medtronic biggest yet to renounce US tax citizenship
Medical device maker Medtronic, is poised to become the biggest firm to escape the US tax system by shifting its incorporation abroad.
WikiLeaks: Drug firms tried to ditch Clark
Drug companies tried to get rid of Helen Clark when she was health minister, leaked US Embassy cables claim.