Kidney disease is the latest ailment linked to air pollution, a new study has found.

Southern kids have higher rates of inflammatory bowel diseases. Is sunlight to blame?

Egide Kalisa lost his parents to air pollution. Now his research is tackling the problem.

Kiwi scientists have captured the birth of a new gene in real-time evolution experiments.

Well-known GP Dr Lance O'Sullivan has teamed up with leading researchers in a new effort.

Visiting Nobel Prize winner Dr Bruce Beutler transformed the field of immunology.

Jonathan Coleman says there is more work to be done on housing-related illnesses

High-fat diets are bad for bone health - especially for those born small or too early.

As soon as it gets cold, hospitals struggle with 'waves' of sick children.

Closure may be the only option as one in five kauri now infected with deadly pathogen.

In polygamist Mormon town, sufferers can't sit or stand without help due to inbreeding.

NZ study raises possibility fresh fish oil may aid children of overweight pregnant women.

An obesity study that will breath-test thousands of Kiwi kids is off to a promising start.

'I realised I wanted to have a child. Almost simultaneously, I realised I couldn't.'

Bone marrow was found to "remember" the effects of exercise long after the exercise ended.

Health authorities concerned not enough young Aucklanders getting mumps vaccination.

Scientists will tap into the DNA data of thousands of young people in major new study.

OIA documents show a breakdown in communication in handling of Auckland typhoid outbreak.

Bug kills about 500 New Zealanders, with Maori, men and the poor at greatest risk.

The chef told biosecurity officers he wanted to give the duck meat to his son.

Steven Davey is saddened children smoke despite their parents dying of related diseases.

The number of people being diagnosed with HIV is on the rise.

A man wants to reclaim his life after he contracted a virus with a huge stigma attached.

Kiwis may risk catching the "Brexit virus" from pork imported from infected pig farms.

COMMENT: Science isn't controversial: refusing to vaccinate your child could harm others.

The family of a pro-immunisation doctor have been attacked by the anti-vax community.

EDITORIAL: Professor gives back to institution where she nurtured generations of students.

The world's next big antibiotic could lie hidden in our native fungi.

Super bug threat needs strong response, microbiologists say.

An alarming new study explores a form of mistreatment by sexual partners.