Wellington, Jan 27 NZPA - The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation after a tobacco company attempted to recruit Christchurch students to test cigarettes.

Wellington, Jan 26 NZPA - Two more children have been confirmed with measles after being exposed to the disease on an Emirates flight from Brisbane to Auckland.

Wellington, Jan 26 NZPA - New Zealanders at relatively low risk of heart disease should not be popping pills of popular cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) to keep down their risk of heart attacks, experts say.

Pro-health advocacy group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is telling the Health select committee that a registration scheme is needed for tobacco sellers.

Wellington, Jan 23 NZPA - Emergency medicine specialists from public hospitals say funding is needed for better care of patients who are sick and injured but who may not be in a life-threatening situation.

The NZ Faculty of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM), which represents emergency medicine specialists from public hospital emergency departments, says that the implication that hospital emergency departments are being stretched by patients who should be seen by their primary c

Wellington, Jan 22 NZPA - Passengers on a flight which landed in Auckland from Brisbane on January 11 may have been exposed to measles, the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) warns.

Wellington, Jan 21 NZPA - The Ministry of Health is warning New Zealanders about an outbreak of Legionnaires disease on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali.

The Community and Public Health division of Canterbury District Health Board has issued a health warning after high levels of faecal bacteria were found in consecutive samples taken from Okains Bay estuary.

The uncertainty of how long aftershocks will continue to rattle the Canterbury region is driving the anxiety of its residents, a trauma specialist says.