Ahead of the Health Ministers' Meeting on 6 December 2024, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) is raising significant concerns about the potential risks of ...

Poor lighting in rest homes contributes to falls, new research finds. New research finds aged-care facilities often have lower than recommended lighting levels, which contributes to higher rates of ...

“Improving competition is one of the most important ways to boost productivity and lift living standards,” Mr Bayly says. “When competition is working well, businesses are incentivised to invest, grow ...

During a study that analysed genetic and health data from more than 300,000 people, Dr Sonia Shah and Dr Clara Jiang from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience found women who had a high genetic ...

Sixty years after graduating for the first time, a leading pathologist will cross the stage once again to receive one of the University of Otago’s most prestigious awards. Emeritus Professor Dame ...

Adolescents in Aotearoa New Zealand who struggle with vaping addiction feel judged by the adults in their lives, researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke have ...

Health New Zealand has exaggerated its deficit to justify job cuts. The agency today revealed “accounting judgement errors” that have led to a deficit that has been used to justify wide-ranging cuts ...

The drug Visanne (also known as dienogest) is the first endometriosis treatment to be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in 30 years.

The ACE matching system allows graduate registered nurses to express an interest in up to three potential employers and five practice settings they want to work in. Longer term, Health NZ’s Workforce ...

What is your life worth, in dollar terms? The answers may surprise you. The asking price for murder, for example, is ...

There have been 1719 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday, and seven further deaths ...

Pharmacy Today reporter Jody Hopkinson visited the University of Waikato’s new School of Pharmacy last month ...