Health

The health chief has confirmed about 80 people have been affected by the mosquite-borne disease and number of cases are going up.

A court-appointed liquidator says patients who have paid the clinic for incomplete treatments should file a compensation claim as unsecured creditors.

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Community organisations are calling on the government to consult different ethnic groups to better design and implement peer support services at emergency departments.

Several cases of lead poisoning have been reported by users of the traditional Indian medicine in recent months.

Around 20 nurses holding accredited employer work visas claim to be jobless at a time when the country is struggling to deal with a shortage of healthcare workers.

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Growing up in an Indian Hindu household, fasting wasn't an unusual occurrence for Murali Krishna Magesan.

Almost 50 percent of trained nurses who have registered to work in New Zealand since the country's borders opened last year have relocated from India.

Chinese health authorities have said the outbreak is due to a number of respiratory pathogens.

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Academics warn the health sector against continuing with a 'one-size-fits-all' approach when it comes to the Asian community's well-being.

Community advocates say more effort is needed to combat the stigma surrounding mental health in New Zealand's Asian communities.