Health

Out of 15 services meant to be introduced or improved, only one was done.

The test could save people from discovering they had cancer once it was untreatable, when the only option left was palliative care.

Before an accidental overdose at Auckland City Hospital, Trevor Flood was an active builder. Now, his wife says, "he does nothing all day".

Kennedy's official selection for America's top health post by President-elect Trump sent shockwaves through the public health world, concerned about his potential effects on vaccination rates.

Biologist Kathy Willis takes a deep dive into how sensory connection with the natural world can help make us healthier and happier in her new book Good Nature. Audio

A new national diabetes register will show for the first time how many people are living with each type of diabetes in Aotearoa.

The substance can cause severe abdominal pain, kidney failure and death.

It's hoped a first-of-its-kind computer model of nasal cavity will help develop treatments for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers.

The provision of hot drinks is enshrined in some health workers' contracts, "so if this was done as a cost-saving measure, it would have done anything but".

Court action is possible after more than 100 students fell ill from eating a chicken souvlaki dinner.

The man in charge of the country's public health system has stepped in to ensure all staff can still have a drink of Milo at work.

A treaty lawyer says she can't recall the tribunal issuing a directive like this before. Audio

It shows only the UK, Netherlands and Australia out of the 10 countries scored, were outperforming New Zealand.