Siouxsie Wiles

Questions still swirl about how a man absconded from his Quarantine hotel early yesterday morning - after he'd tested positive for Covid-19. It is not yet clear how he was able to slip through MIQ… Audio

As of midnight last night, everyone south of Auckland has moved to alert level three. But what are the differences between level three and four? Our report Ella Stewart asked microbiologist Siouxsie… Video, Audio

There were 83 new cases of Covid-19 in the community yesterday - taking our total cases in this outbreak to 511.

However, numbers appear to be levelling off - on Saturday there were 82, and 70 on… Audio

That's the mental side of pet life sorted, but with the entire country in level 4 until at least midnight Friday, should you pat another person's dog or cat while you're out? And can the Delta virus… Audio

With new knowledge that Covid-19 is airborne, Microbiologist Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles says we need to physically disconnect for a while. She joins us on Lately to talk about mask wearing… Audio

Microbiologist Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles on battling Delta at Covd-19 alert level 4 and what to do with pets. Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at the new studies into long Covid, including one that found patients could take up to a month to return to normal sleep and exercise patterns… Audio

This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells us about a new study that could point the way to making face masks that can detect the COVID-19 virus and explains how to spot disinformation… Audio

Wellingtonians may have breathed a premature sigh of relief there have been no community Covid-19 cases since the positive Australian tourist visited the city last weekend.

Auckland University… Audio

The capital is on high alert after a person who visited from Sydney over the weekend tested positive for Covid-19. A number of locations of interests have been identified - including a bar and several… Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the latest Covid studies, including the 80 per cent rollout of the Pfizer vaccine to Israeli adults and the safety of the vaccine for… Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at research out of Japan that found mammals can use their intestines to help them breathe, an analysis of the skull and teeth of the extinct… Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at the modelling that shows Covid-19 may have emerged as early as October in China, how eye colour isn't just a simple genetic trait after all… Audio

Dr Siouxsie Wiles has become a household name in the last year - thanks to Covid 19. The microbiologist and head of University of Auckland's Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab has always been a brilliant… Audio

Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles has won New Zealander of the year.

Dr Wiles become the public face of the Covid-19 pandemic - and was all over the airways helping people understand what was happening… Audio

Microbiologist and Nine to Noon science commentator Dr Siouxsie Eiles looks at how Thursday marks a year since the country was plunged into Level 4 lockdown in an attempt to stem the rise in… Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about how fruit bats navigate through their sense of smell and large eyes, rather than echolocation. Researchers have discovered a cheap way of… Audio