World Immunisation Week, celebrated in the last week of April, is an opportunity for parents and caregivers to ensure their children are up to date with their immunisations, Health Minister Simeon ...

Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at ...

Following some very public protests, including Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata handing back his medal, the government’s announcement of an expanded official definition of the term “veteran” ...

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More than 900 newly qualified health professionals are set to receive financial support to kick-start their careers, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “The Government is committed to growing and ...

Methamphetamine is New Zealand’s most harmful illicit drug and wastewater testing shows its use and availability are on the rise. Much of the harm results from reckless and impulsive behaviour – ...

Disabled people encounter all kinds of barriers to accessing healthcare – and not simply because some face significant mobility challenges. Others will see their symptoms not investigated properly ...

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is pleased to have reached agreement with the Public Service Association (PSA) on two further change proposals. Agreement had previously been achieved on change ...

The PSA has settled litigation over the planned restructure of two key teams at Health NZ with an agreement to significantly amend planned cuts to roles and structures. The settlement relates to ...

What if your work self didn’t know about your personal life, and your home self had no idea what you did for a living? In Apple TV’s Severance, that’s exactly the deal: a surgical procedure splits the ...

The Ministry of Health forecasts a 43.7 per cent increase in Pacific doctors by 2034. A public health academic claims that it falls over 1000 doctors short of what is needed to reflect the Pacific ...

Researchers shed light on the neural underpinnings of lucid dreaming using a large sample size. Lucid dreaming is a surreal phenomenon in which people are consciously aware that they are in a dream.