4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (591+ words) Health Minister Simeon Brown (Source: Getty) The Health Minister has been briefed after an organisation that runs clinical trial work for the sector was hit by a cyber incident. Health New Zealand said it was helping Zenith Technology, or ZenTech,…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (671+ words) Dying Matters Week kicks off around the country, with hundreds of events planned to breathe new life into conversations about death. (Source: 1News) A Canterbury "death café" is serving up coffee with a side of morbid conversation this week, as part…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (690+ words) Three not-for-profit providers have been told by Health NZ they will no longer have contracts for wider Auckland from next March. (Source: 1News) The union representing home support workers is calling for Health New Zealand to prioritise continuity of care, as…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (755+ words) The flu vaccine will be free to all under fives from next year. (Source: istock.com) Doctors had been calling for the vaccine to be fully funded, with this year's influenza strain causing a big spike in infections. Children under…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1383+ words) Charlotte Touzalin stands with her mother, Anne Schultz. (Source: Associated Press) Charlotte Touzalin was still a young teenager when she began struggling with weight gain, abnormal periods and unwanted facial hair — the same puzzling symptoms that plagued her mum for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (796+ words) A flight attendant and passenger on board a plane. (Source: istock.com) Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers — even more than people who work with radioactive materials, according to a new study....