District Health Boards are misleading the public by repeatedly claiming the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) is the only health sector union with the right to control some of their working conditions and then falsely describing this right as a union office veto.

With much handshaking and baby kissing happening over the next few weeks, the Food Safety Information Council today released its hand hygiene advice to those on the election trail.

Smokers have a better chance of quitting if they use nicotine gum or another short-acting nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) together with a patch, rather than just one or the other.

Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ announces schools' campaign on World Asthma Day - Tuesday 7 May 2019 - encouraging students to know what to do in an asthma emergency

PHARMAC has refused funding for Kadcyla, an important drug that has recently had a high media and public profile.

Hawke’s Bay DHB says five days of upcoming rolling junior doctor strikes will place significant strain on hospital resource and is urging people to take charge of their health now, or face lengthy delays for non-urgent care.

Premature babies are covered in the most fragile and underdeveloped skin. Even with the greatest care, skin injuries are common.

Premature babies, born at 30 weeks or under, have such fragile skin that around half will suffer some form of skin injury during their hospital stay.

Families in the MidCentral DHB region are being encouraged to ensure they are enrolled at a general practice to avoid putting pressure on the Palmerston North Hospital emergency department during an upcoming five-day Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) strike.

Every day in New Zealand, eight people will suffer the most life-threatening form of heart attack, with only three of those surviving to immediate treatment.

New revelations today that the Ministry of Health has been blocked from making major cuts in funding for disability support services are a disturbing symptom of longstanding underfunding of the disability sector says the Public Service Association (PSA).