David Hayman

An infectious diseases expert is calling for an end to the blood donation ban for New Zealanders who lived in the UK during the mad cow disease epidemic.

The Massey University ecologist, Professor… Audio

As the world wrestles with trying to end the Covid-19, professor David Hayman is on the hunt for our next pandemic foe. An infectious disease ecologist at Massey University, Hayman has travelled the… Audio

The head of a livestock export company says they've had a tip-off from China that the Government is poised to ban live cattle exports.

The government launched a review of the trade nearly two years… Audio

Denmark is looking at culling all of its 17 million mink after they were found to have a mutated form of coronavirus - how worried should we be about this development?  Audio

A major UN report has found that the biodiversity crisis is leading us into a 'pandemic era', with on average, five new diseases transferred from animals to humans every year - all with pandemic… Audio

The manager of a livestock export company says Chinese importers are baulking at signing contracts with New Zealand and the country could soon drop off the radar as a supplier following the Ministry… Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries has launched an independent review into livestock exports by ship.

The move was sparked by the capsize and sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1 in the East China Sea… Audio

David Hayman, Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology at Massey University School of Veterinary Science explains what community transmission is and the confusion about the term. Audio

GPs and hospitals are bracing for a busy week ahead and GPs are moving to consulting at a distance.From today, where possible GPS are aiming to treat the bulk of their patients online or over the… Audio

6000 thousand tests have been done in New Zealand for Covid 19 since the first case entered the country from Iran on February 28th.Yesterday 1200 laboratory tests were carried out.The test are being… Audio

David Hayman - Professor of Infections Disease Ecology at Massey University - has looked for Ebola in bats, and worked on non-vaccine preventable rabies viruses, says Covid 19 is absolutely serious in… Audio

How did an animal virus find such a deadly home in humans ... and what is life in coronavirus lockdown like?  Audio

Scientists in China have confirmed the deadly coronavirus outbreak first jumped from animals to humans inside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the heart of city of Wuhan.

The Chinese Centre for… Audio