A group of scholars in health and policy have worked together on a briefing, titled "Regulatory Standards Bill threatens the public interest, public health and Māori rights". It's authors are Jonathan ...

On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers for Disease ...

From 1 July 2025, Tend Health will deliver urgent same-day care directly to its enrolled patients in the Bay of Plenty, following a 15-month transition period after formally giving notice to exit the ...

Moves by Health NZ to outsource elective operations to the private hospital sector increase the risk of a two-tier health system and will worsen the medical workforce shortage, a leading medical ...

The latest New Zealand Health Survey shows that, for the first time in a decade, smoking rates have flatlined rather than fallen. Stark inequities persist, with daily smoking prevalence among Māori at ...

An office within Rotorua’s Energy Events Centre has closed after “unsafe levels” of a toxic gas were detected. An agenda item ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown says the government has delivered 9696 extra elective surgeries, putting it on track to reach its end-of-June target of more than 10,579 operations. Mr Brown said the ...

The primary healthcare capitation formula was designed, and by its nature, it is static – it has not evolved. However, the ...

Iron deficiency in pregnancy may influence the sex development of a baby in utero, researchers have found. An 8-year international study involving The University of Queensland found a low-iron diet in ...

Geoff Beattie is professor of psychology at Edge Hill University in the UK ...

Childhood trauma flared when editor Barbara Fountain saw mention of table grapes and spiders in a new document on the Te Whatu Ora website ...

For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine ...