The failure of multiple governments to address inequities in bowel cancer screening has led to “the potentially avoidable death of thousands of New Zealanders”, says a New Zealand Medical Journal ...

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to children with limb differences in the 1980s and 90s. The children were ...

Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn’t allowed to see his body. Three days later he appeared at ...

A small marae-based GP clinic without a nurse for 12 weeks never gave up hope they would find someone.

Terminally ill survivors of Lake Alice abuse will receive a government redress payment in a “first step” towards reparation for those who suffered at the hands of the State ...

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Dry eye disease Optometrist Ryan Mahmoud and vision correction specialist Mo Ziaei discuss the diagnosis of dry eye disease in general practice using the most appropriate screening tools and tests.

Professor Lester Levy has been appointed as a member and Chair of the Board of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ), Health Minister Dr Shane Reti announced today. “Professor Levy has ...

The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, says a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year ...

Distinguished public servant and former diplomat Sir Maarten Wevers will lead the independent review into the disability support services administered by the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha.

Medical school requirements must change if equity is ever to be achieved, says specialist GP and deputy dean at the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Matire Harwood ...