Vaccine rates in Indigenous communities; the origins of The Black Death; understanding illness caused by ticks; and the trial of Theranos founder begins

The COVID outbreak in regional New South Wales is highlighting the comparatively low vaccination rates in Indigenous communities.

New research uncovers more on the origins of The Black Death.

Researchers try to understand more about the experience of chronic illness after tick bites.

And in the US, the trial of the founder of biotech company Theranos begins.