A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late ...

Obesity is currently defined using a person’s body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in metres). In people of European descent, the BMI ...

Just over a month ago, we shared the heartbreaking news that OutLine Aotearoa, after 50 years of tautoko for Rainbow communities, might have to close its doors. We asked for awhi and launched a ...

The five members reappointed to the Waitangi Tribunal are: ...

Veterans’ Affairs and a pan-iwi charitable trust have teamed up to extend the reach and range of support available to veterans in the Bay of Plenty, Veterans Minister Chris Penk says. “A major issue ...

Aotearoa has the tools (HPV self-testing, vaccination and treatment for cell changes) to make elimination for all a reality.

Research on the care of pregnant women in prison in the UK is sparse, but shows that pregnant women in prison are less likely to receive antenatal appointments and face heightened risks of ...

The tragic news comes as health services across Aotearoa New Zealand continue to respond to a nationwide whooping cough epidemic, with 1,232 cases notified since the onset of the epidemic (from 19 ...

With a rapidly growing population, there is a growing need for primary care health services in Queenstown and beyond. General Practitioner and practice co-owner, Dr Kim Hurst, talks to us about why ...

Brand new Phoenix Health Hub in the vibrant Rolleston community is seeking a general practitioner to join our modern facility. - Novel opportunity to influence healthcare strategy and service delivery ...

The origins of ACT’s latest push for regulatory reform lie as far back as the 1980s and 1990s, when the Labour finance ...

”Increasing availability of medicines has always been a priority of mine. Access to pharmaceuticals for many is life or death, or the difference between a life of pain and suffering or living freely. ...