"Super-sniffer" Joy Milne is now helping with disease research to honour him.

Ridding NZ of rats and possums will be good for us, as well as our prized native wildlife.

Up to 14 cases of dengue fever have been reported in New Zealand this month

More than 10,000 Kiwis end up in isolation each year with the longest a 115-day spell

What will the world be like in 2040? Jamie Morton looks at four areas ripe for revolution.

Study targeting Maori and Pacific kids could lead to better treatment for killer disease.

Batten disease robbed six-year-old Ollie Carroll of his voice.

Why do men and women suffer stress differently? Brain researchers aim to solve the puzzle.

Experts have set out potential ways gene-editing technology could be used in New Zealand.

Legal action possible over exposure to solvents in NZ that increases risk of Parkinson's.

The science of gene drives - what they are and what they can do.

New Zealand isn't prepared enough for the next big pandemic, public health experts argue.

Christmas miracle as whole family emerges from botulism comas.

Toxic solvent linked to Parkinson's "strong enough to bowl you over".

Whangarei man Barry Joblin used a phone app to identify a potentially fatal melanoma and he credits it with saving his life.

Fears that disease could spread to Europe, America via plane travel as Ebola did in 2014.

Team NZ Director Greg Horton has Motor Neuron Disease and his friends and family are raising funds by supporting a walk wearing T Shirts with his picture. / Doug Sherring

Jacinda Ardern wants to reduce child poverty. Simon Collins explores how she can do it.

Deadly epidemic predicted to reach inland Africa - where it'll be 'difficult to control'.

A scientist discusses mosquito-borne diseases that could come here with climate change.

Scientists have warned there is "something different" about the new Black Death outbreak.

Global warming more than a problem for planet. It will hurt us personally too.

Knox family does their bit for blood donations

A NZ study will investigate how pathogens like deadly Ebola jump from animals to humans.

It's become harder to imagine our solar system without a missing, mysterious Planet Nine.

NZ has attracted international praise for passing the strict criteria.

Some NZ deaths may have been prevented - but these were few of 1917's WW1 butcher's bill.

Scientists have built a stunning 3D model to capture a live heart suffering an attack.

Star Trek's disease-scanning "tricorder" could soon become reality with a new Kiwi study.

Can dogs detect lung cancer? A new Kiwi study seeks to get some answers.