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.

A world where DNA can be rewritten to fix deadly diseases has moved a step closer.

Scientists have made an HIV breakthrough, discovering an antibody that neutralises majority of the virus

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

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.

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".

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.

Winter is nipping at our heels and so too is the dreaded flu season.

A cure for HIV and Aids could be just a few years away.

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.