Carissa Wong is a health reporter who covers a range of medical topics, from infectious disease to cancer and mental health. She previously worked as a retained reporter at Nature magazine, and has freelanced for publications such as Live Science…
Kauri dieback is one of the most serious threats facing Aotearoa New Zealand’s kauri forests. The disease is caused by a soil-dwelling microbe, Phytophthora agathidicida, which infects kauri roots and eventually kills the tree. There is no cure, so finding…