Health

The number of new cases continues to drop, but there have been more deaths than last week.

He told both the consultant urologist and operating theatre staff he did not want a full circumcision.

Westport Hospital is investigating the death of a Filipino man last month.

The patient ended up going private, where a four centimetre tumour was found, and the cancer had spread to her lungs

The Act Party minister is plotting a huge expansion of the state-run drug buying agency, despite being a proponent of small government. Audio

Otherwise fit and healthy people have been hospitalised or died from influenza A this year. So what is it and why is it so bad?

The University of Otago's new Adult Restorative Dental Care certificate will allow oral health therapists to give fillings.

One experienced nurse has told RNZ recent demand has "brought staff to their knees".

The operator says it could also affect human health and the environment.

Two child protection watchdogs have written to Oranga Tamariki asking it to spell out its rationale for cutting millions of dollars of contracts for services to children.

Social stigma and a lack of formal support is physically and mentally affecting parents' wellbeing regardless of their personal circumstances, a New Zealand study has found.

A visit to Northland for Shane Reti came against the backdrop of a staffing crisis in the region's rural hospitals.

Reported cases in Africa had risen by 79 percent from 2022-2023 and by 160 percent from 2023-24, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says.

The drinking water ban in the Horowhenua township of Tokomaru has been lifted, three days after lead was detected in the water supply.

The closure will be the hospital's third in a month, the seventh this year, and the 11th since Westport's new $21 million health centre opened in May last year.

Inmates need to receive appropriate healthcare if they are to be released into society at a low risk of reoffending, a lawyer says. Audio