Health

Cancer patients left waiting for months

Cancer patients who should have bone marrow transplants within four weeks are waiting for four months - or longer - because services are overloaded. Doctors... Read More

"Your lungs aren't good enough"

"Your lungs aren't good enough" - that's what former Firebird cricketer Josh Brodie's doctor told him after he shared his childhood dream of wanting to be a... Read More

Boy, 4, accidentally given anti-psychotic drug

A four-year-old boy with hay fever who was accidentally given an anti-psychotic drug had to be rushed to hospital after suffering what appeared to be a severe... Read More

Whakaari survivors tell of life-changing effects

Survivors of the Whakaari White Island disaster will give accounts of how the tragedy forever changed their lives, when the sentencing of companies guilty of... Read More

Blood service lifts mad cow restriction

From Thursday, February 29, 2024, people who lived in the United Kingdom, France or Republic of Ireland between 1980 and 1996 for six months or more during the... Read More

Diabetes: Researchers score $1.4M funding

University of Waikato health researchers have scored additional funding to advance their commitment to reducing inequities in the treatment and care of Māori... Read More

Measles epidemic: Calls for urgent action

New Zealand is on the brink of a measles epidemic because of falling immunisation rates, immunity gaps, and an increasing risk of imported cases, according to... Read More

KidsCan's concerns about worsening child poverty

The latest child poverty statistics - showing 36,000 more children living below the poverty line - are hugely concerning, but not surprising, KidsCan says. The... Read More

Measles epidemic: Calls for urgent action

New Zealand is on the brink of a measles epidemic because of falling immunisation rates, immunity gaps, and an increasing risk of imported cases, according to... Read More

Breast cancer screening: what about the blokes?

The Prostate Cancer Foundation is congratulating the coalition Government on delivering its promised extension of free breast screening, the most common cancer... Read More

New Zealand's birth rate falls to lowest since WW2

New Zealand has experienced its lowest natural increase in population in 80 years. Statistics released this morning showed there were 19,071 more births than... Read More

Many NZ nurses register to work in Australia

More than 9000 New Zealand nurses have registered to work in Australia in the past 10 month - about 12 per cent of the active workforce. The rate of nurses... Read More