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Disgraced Australian entertainer Rolf Harris dead
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“We are aware that getting into timely general practice is a problem.”
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“There’s not a lot of information about what to do - it's uncharted territory."
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American Samoa to re-open early childcare centres
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Revealed: ACC and NZ Rugby swapped notes rejecting concussion, degenerative brain injury link
Documents reveal ACC and NZ Rugby emailed after rugby brain injury cases emerged.
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Ambulance seen outside disgraced entertainer's English mansion.
'Ticking time bomb': Comedian Lana Walters' shock diagnosis
Doctors couldn't operate on her ovarian cyst until she had given birth.
'Severely distraught': Parents' grief after 1yo dies of meningococcal disease
Two dads have laid bare their grief after their son's three-day battle with the illness.
Measles scare: ‘I think we have dodged a bullet on this one’
“We’re not out of the woods yet but it’s looking promising," Dr Nikki Turner says.
Winter flu season approaches, with vaccination 'the first line of defence'
"We don’t have a crystal ball and we don’t know what’s coming."
Life returns to normal in American Samoa despite active measles cases
Measles vaccinations have been administered since campaigns started last month.
Driver deemed unfit to stand trial for manslaughter after dementia diagnosis
Stanley Hiroti won't go on trial for causing the fatal crash while driving drunk.
Covid 19 pandemic: Fast-rising Omicron subvariant may have spawned here in NZ
A fast-rising proportion of Covid-19 sequences are a subvariant thought to be homegrown.
Measles outbreak: Vaccination clinics set up in South and West Auckland this weekend
The centres are being set up following an outbreak at an Albany school.
Dire vaccination rates spark fear of measles outbreak as 1000 isolate
Auckland has now registered its second measles case connected with Albany Senior High.
1000 students and staff close contacts of measles case
Close contacts who have not been fully vaccinated must stay home for a week.
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The 'simple change' that will save money and 'brain energy' for people with ADHD
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'Significant risk': Infant jab rate below target amid whooping cough fears
Three infants, all aged under one year, have died from whooping cough this year.
Rheumatic heart disease rates ‘as high as Africa’
Up to 1 in 50 young Pasifika adults in south Auckland may have rheumatic heart disease.
'Real risk': Low infant jab rate adds to whooping cough outbreak fears
'We need to enable whānau to make informed decisions'.
'We won't ever give up': Cambridge girl diagnosed with dementia at eight
The rare, incurable form of the disease causes blindness, dementia and loss of mobility.
Sausage sizzle, grocery vouchers: Immunisation day aims to lift low childhood jab rates
Whānau need to know it's "not too late to catch up on any missed vaccinations".
American Samoa confirms second case of measles
The second confirmed case is a 4-year-old boy from Tafuna.
Breakthrough Kiwi cancer tech enters major deal with drug giant
Breakthrough NZ cancer therapy moves closer to market after deal with pharma giant.