The Psychoactive Substances Regulatory Authority (the Authority) has today issued suspension notices to six interim psychoactive substance retail licence holders in Hamilton.

Health Minister Tony Ryall today launched the annual influenza immunisation campaign.

Decades of belief that high sugar levels in sports drinks are essential for aerobic exercise have been challenged today by SOS Rehydration in a research project that pitted SOS Rehydrate oral rehydration product against the market leading sports drink.

Health Minister Tony Ryall today launched the annual influenza immunisation campaign at Wellington Regional Hospital’s high-risk maternity clinic.

Health specialists are supporting the Government’s launch of the annual influenza immunisation campaign today at Wellington Regional Hospital’s high-risk maternity clinic.

Passengers on the following flights have been exposed to measles, advises Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS):

- Air New Zealand flight NZ501 from Auckland to Christchurch, departing 6.50am on 2 March;

The ships have set sail to deliver nearly 5,000 Fonterra Milk for Schools milk packs to Kiwi kids on the Chatham, Stewart, and Great Barrier islands.

People are urged to avoid allowing their children to play in or their dogs to swim in the Avon Terrace section of the Maitai River, between Bridge Street and Nile Street, due to increased levels of cyanobateria (also known as blue-green algae).

Australia is to gain access to new medicines at an even faster rate thanks to a new streamlined process to reduce the time taken to list medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme while New Zealand patients by comparison continue to receive access to new medicines at a painfully slow rate.