4+ hour, 1+ min ago  (530+ words) Health NZ has confirmed one of the New Zealanders on board a cruise ship struck by hantavirus does not usually live in New Zealand. One New Zealand citizen left the ship before the hantavirus outbreak was revealed, while another disembarked…...

10+ hour, 5+ min ago  (642+ words) This story was corrected on 13 May to reflect that it is rare for the conditions covered to be'accepted as service-related until now, rather than that no conditions have been accepted.' A landmark case has found that a veteran's brain cancer…...

18+ hour, 11+ min ago  (595+ words) A new study has put the cost of vaccine preventable cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) at more than $130 million in four years. One of the study's authors says HPV vaccine rates are far too low, and they need…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (796+ words) An Australian researcher who led the process describes it as a 'landmark moment'. A medical condition affecting more than 170 million women worldwide has been renamed after researchers led a global process over 14 years to correct a misunderstanding. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (750+ words) Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers. "It's not a misconception - mosquitoes are attracted to some…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (476+ words) An Auckland charity is aiming to address what it calls a significant and ongoing gap in eye care for children. The Painga Project aims to put 7000 pairs of glasses on the faces of children in high equity index schools each…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (469+ words) When Iakopo Sagote's friends saw him struggling in the water while free-diving for mussels, they managed to pull him to shore and start CPR. But the 47-year-old father-of-three couldn't be revived. Now a coroner is warning middle-aged people who go…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1168+ words) Nurses and care workers at Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital say they're facing burnout and anxiety over working conditions, which included chronic understaffing, broken doors, faulty alarms and rat infestations. A New Zealand Nurses Organisation survey of around 180 Hillmorton staff found the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1078+ words) Our lives are riddled with plastic, and growing evidence suggests it is impacting our health in a myriad of ways. When 60-year-old Liz Bell wakes up in the morning, she rolls out of a bed made with cotton sheets and…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (743+ words) A woman who had a mastectomy at a private hospital ended up needing a skin graft after she was burned while lying on a warming mattress during surgery. An internal investigation carried out by Hamilton's Braemar Hospital, found a warning…...