Health

Cheap duty-free sales of tobacco products not only deprive the public purse of millions of dollars, they undermine efforts to become a smoke-free nation, academics say.

Specialists and families have been taken by surprise that Southern Cross Health Insurance won't fund treatment.

Alex Pretti was pinned to the ground, pepper-sprayed, disarmed and then shot 10 times by federal agents during a protest in Minneapolis.

Winston Peters says the World Health Organization has forgotten its original mandate, but Phil Goff has rubbished the idea of NZ quitting and says it needs to stand up to Donald Trump. Audio

Margaret Batten, 83, suffered a fatal head injury after falling onto a concrete ambulance bay floor when a St John officer lost control of her stretcher.

Children should always start running in small bursts and progress slowly over time, as doing too much too soon might lead to injury, an expert says.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says WHO never recommended lockdowns or mandates during the Covid-19 pandemic, disputing US claims.

Jacob Davies died in May 2023 aged just 20, following months of poor supervision at a NZCL facility in Levin.

Hundreds of women from Eastern Bay of Plenty have had to travel to Tauranga Hospital to give birth in the last year, since four of Whakatāne's five obstetricians resigned.

While mild or occasional grinding isn't a problem, if you do it often or forcefully, it can cause problems down the track.

The boy's doctor said that months after leaving the property, his body was still working hard to eliminate lead, arsenic and cadmium from his system.

ACC says it will hire nearly 300 more claims management staff, with a focus on getting non-serious injury clients back to work or independence.

It comes after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the US and globally.

Trikafta and Alyftrek could become available for all children, regardless of age.