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

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 ...

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

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 ...

A sizeable shift in the methods used for contraception occurred between 2018 and 2023, the data showed. Reported use of fertility awareness based methods around the time of conception increased from 0 ...

Residents in the lower South Island remain in the dark about the future of the new Dunedin Hospital as costs continue to rise. In September, the government announced a budget blowout and asked Health ...

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. ...

Meta’s official rationale for ending its independent factchecking in favour of crowdsourced contributions centres on promoting free expression. Chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said that the company ...

Every year, influenza kills around 500 New Zealanders and causes misery and income loss for many more, which is why a research programme has been granted $8.3 million for the next three years.