Health

Experts will gather in Auckland to discuss how to cope with the health impacts in the Pacific that are due to climate change.

A pale gold serum from cattle blood in New Zealand is being used to manufacture vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease and human rabies in South Asia.

As New Zealand eyes a free trade agreement with India, experts say the next frontier could be pharmaceutical imports - particularly generic drugs.

One of two heavy aerial firetrucks needed at a central skyscraper fire was stalled at a road closure en route from Hamilton.

Anyone consuming a trio of popular seasonal fruit and vegetables should do so in moderation, experts say.

Some women in the Indian community are turning to Ayurvedic postnatal care after childbirth.

New Zealand is on alert for measles after a case was identified in Auckland over the weekend. Audio

A potential labour mobility scheme with the Cook Islands could see Solomon Islands nurses and doctors employed in the New Zealand realm country.

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Cases of the flu in Niue and dengue in Tonga and Fiji are being monitored.

The country's health ministry is urging the public to "destroy mosquito breeding places" amid a nationwide surge in dengue fever cases.

Explainer - With the national flu immunisation programme starting on 1 April, there's still a little confusion about what may or may not be needed.

"There should not be these deaths occurring so young in these families; there must be a genetic driver," says Otago University researcher Dr Pritika Narayan. Audio

A Wellington-born Tongan researcher wants to see more Pasifika included in clinical studies in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The country's health ministry says that just over half of cases are from Vava'u.

Tongatapu has the most confirmed cases (33), with the rest from Vava'u (28) and 'Eua (12).

The government has proposed axing the only two jobs working on a national strategy for palliative care.

Research involving about 1000 participants by the University of Auckland has highlighted an urgent need to improve mental health services in the Pacific.