Don't fall foul of campylobacter this festive season; cook chicken all the way through and wash down surfaces exposed to raw meat.

Cases of syphilis have hit a record high in Auckland, quadrupling in number from previous years, new research has found.

A mother-of-two who let her husband rot to death in their filthy, cockroach-infested home is to get just four years in jail.

An Auckland mum is petitioning Parliament to give Pharmac more money to fund treatment for rare diseases.

A 20-minute procedure called flexible sigmoidoscopy can reduce the subsequent risk of bowel cancer by 43 per cent. This is the biggest

According to Tamaki, Harry Potter is a tool to recruit people toward evil.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is helping Massey University research into Ebola and other deadly diseases be received on the world stage.

About 100 people in New Zealand have probably been infected with the Zika virus this year.

The percentage of young adults in the UK who have taken cocaine is higher than anywhere else in Europe.

This Aussie island is anything but paradise for a whopping five per cent of its residents who are at risk of or suffer from Machado-Joseph Disease.

First users of advice "toolkit" report more exercise, smaller meals.

An army of mosquitoes will be infected with bacteria and released into Brazil and Columbia to combat the Zika outbreak.

Tauranga's new mayor is wasting no time putting his new role to a good cause. Greg Brownless will be among those taking part in a

When Robyn McGregor was pregnant for the fifth time, the Kiwi doctor who led the world in fetal blood transfusions told her the prospects weren't good.

An infestation of rats has hit Australia's biggest city, and it's human's fault. We created the conditions for them to thrive.

It was a photo that tugged at the heartstrings of people the world over - a healthy twin hugging his sick brother for the first time following their birth.

The first drug to combat Alzheimer's disease is on the horizon.

COMMENT: Is Donald Trump experiencing a mental illness? That's the question making the rounds these days.

Nervous smiles from Prince Harry as he faces one of his toughest tests.

A leading New Zealand researcher may have found a powerful new weapon to combat deadly, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.

The Spanish island of Magaluf is experiencing an outbreak of sexually transmitted infections spreading through the party destination.

For 27-year-old Tessa Hopson, finding out medication may prevent breast cancer was "incredible".

Australian travellers are being warned against travel to Bali due to the prevalence of the Zika virus.

A trial testing two commonly used antipsychotics could offer new hope to multiple sclerosis sufferers.

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. These are the horrifying pictures posted by a desperate mother who doesn't want other parents to go through the same trauma she's had to endure.

A disfiguring tropical disease has spread across the Middle East as millions are displaced from the war-torn region.

A terminally ill Timaru mother suffering from metastatic cancer will graduate today from university.

An outbreak of the measles virus has hit the Waikato with eight confirmed cases and a further three possible cases reported.

A team of Kiwi researchers have won funding to help tackle a mysterious protein that conspires against treatment for some forms of cancer.

US health officials have concluded that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes the birth defect microcephaly.