Stocks of a chickenpox vaccine have run dry after an unexpected rush by parents.

Man who helped many ACC claimants says the firm has driven him to bankruptcy and depression.

The surgeon at the centre of a criminal investigation into botched surgery has resigned.

Danny Blair thinks he would have resorted to robbing dairies if he had not given up synthetic cannabis.

People who have CT scans before that are 20 are believed to be at a higher risk of getting cancer, study finds.

Wellington's Golden Mile could become the country's first smokefree CBD under proposal.

"Children as young as 11" are having sex in Invercargill, which has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates.

Woman with fears of breast cancer has nine-week wait to see specialist - the second such case.

Study reveals a five-fold increase in the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome when bed sharing.

Mental health patients made irritable by their conditions, not being banned from smoking, court hears.

A pro-legal-high group says it empathises with parents concerned their kids use synthetic cannabis.

The growing number of female medical professionals entering the workforce is exacerbating a much larger problem - there aren't enough NZ medical school graduates.

A Napier after-school programme for disabled children is closing because of a funding shortfall.

Consultant, registrar and DHB all blamed for old woman's three days of pain ending in death.

A smoking ban in Auckland hospitals is "torture" on their most vulnerable patients, lawyer says.

Growing health workforce of women seeking work-life balance puts pressure on DHBs, advocate says.