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.

Doctors hope a new monitoring system will give clearer figures on the impact of the Zika virus on New Zealand children.

A Kiwi scientist has helped develop artificial intelligence to highlight fresh potential hotspots for Ebola and other bat-borne filoviruses.

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.

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.

A discovery by University of Otago researchers could pave the way for Alzheimer's disease to be diagnosed by a simple blood test.

Simple rules and advice might help young New Zealanders avoid the fate which awaits too many older Kiwis.

A member of New Zealand's Olympic team has pulled out of Rio 2016 fearing the Zika outbreak.

Scarlet fever is at its most prevalent for almost 50 years, official figures show.

The design of the Ellipta inhaler allows asthma or (COPD) patients to take one correct dosage every day, rather than take several every day.

A report by Argentinian doctors claimed a larvicide used in drinking water was responsible for a rise in cases of microcephaly,not Zika virus.

Perhaps we should arm parking wardens with the power to impose fines for littering? It would make the city nicer to be in and reduce the contamination, writes Sam Judd.

Travel insurance sales for trips to Latin America have surged, a top provider says.

WHO's declaration that the Zika outbreak is a global health emergency is the fourth time it has used its powers to require international collaboration.

British couples have been advised to stop trying for a baby for up to six months if a partner has returned from one of 23 countries hit by the Zika virus.

Couples have been advised to stop trying for a baby for up to six months if a partner has returned from one of 23 countries affected by the Zika virus.