Health
Impossible to tell if death was from Covid vaccine or virus says coroner
A coroner has ruled it's impossible to tell if a 13-year-old boy died from his covid vaccine or a virus.
Coroner Robin Kay has released findings into this death on Wednesday, one of four in New… Audio
Nearly 1 in 5 drugs checked in 2023 not as advertised: Drug Foundation
The Drug Foundation says nearly one in five drugs it checked last year were not what people thought they paid for.
The foundation says its drug-checking services are testing fifty percent more drugs… Audio
Music & health: Max Harris at Wanaka's Inspiring Conversations
Move over Warbirds - another festival is coming to Wanaka! Campaigner and writer Max Harris is presenting Syndromes and Surgery, Politics and Personal at the Wanaka festival this weekend called… Audio
Surge in drug testing services in 2023: 'Honest conversations' about drug use
The NZ Drug Foundation has seen a surge in use of their substance checking services, with a 51 percent increase on the year before.
Freeze chicken, remove skin: Expert's top tips for avoiding deadly campylobacter
Chicken is riskier than other meats - but why? And how well does it really need to be cooked? Here are the answers. Audio
Shower Thoughts: Why is it so important to cook chicken properly?
Why don't we have the same health concerns when cooking other meats? Professor of food safety Steve Flint explains all. Audio
Morphine shortage across NZ impacting patients in palliative care
The daughter of a woman dying from stage four lung cancer says her mother is in considerable pain and she is "appalled" by the drug shortage.
Reti defends lack of extra security at hospital hit by machete attack
Wairarapa Hospital did not have "a track record" of violent incidents before the attack, the Health Minister says. Audio
Urgent need for govt funding for security in EDs - Health professionals
Doctors say violence in hospitals is increasing after a brutal attack in Wairarapa Hospital over the weekend. A man armed with a machete carried out the attack on a vistor at the hospital's emergency… Audio
Fluoride to be reintroduced to Hastings' water supply after 8 years
The council stopped adding fluoride to allow for the addition of chlorine for water safety.
Cancer experts urge Pharmac to fast-track 'life-saving' drug
Keytruda is the first immunotherapy drug to offer hope to those with triple-negative breast cancer, one expert says.
Machete attack in ED prompts calls for security review
A machete attack in the emergency department at Wairarapa Hospital has a prompted calls for a review of security in smaller hospitals around the country. Medical staff and a patient had to disarm the… Audio
Watch: PM defends health record for Māori and Pasifika
Christopher Luxon and Shane Reti have faced questions over a ranges of issues after their annual flu vaccinations.
Top Florida court allows for near-total abortion ban
The court cleared the way for a Republican-backed law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect, but also approved an initiative to let voters decide whether to amend the state's…
Senior doctors union say hospitals may need metal detectors after attack
The senior doctors union says hospitals may have to look at installing metal detectors or limiting visitors in emergency departments after a shocking weekend attack at Wairarapa Hospital.
A patient… Audio
Person in Texas diagnosed with rare bird flu
This is the second US human case of the virus that has infected herds of dairy cows in recent weeks.
A tool to calculate how a warmer world impacts on health
With temperatures soaring in parts of Australia this past summer a device is being trialed to help calculate the health risk intense heat poses to the human body. Audio
Children under 5 can now be vaccinated by pharmacists
A vaccinologist says allowing pharmacists to vaccinate children under 5 years' old will help improve immunisation rates in pockets of the country where they are dangerously low.
Pharmacists can now… Audio
Psychologists rebel against proposed changes
Thousands of psychologists are rebelling against rule changes that many fear will make it even harder for patients to get help.
The registering body, the Psychologists Board, is proposing changes… Audio
Psychologists fear rule changes will make it even harder to get help
Groups representing thousands of psychologists are rebelling against rule changes that many fear will make it even harder for patients to get help.