Thousands of Canterbury residents will probably have to keep boiling water until the end of the week to minimise the risk of disease after Saturday's earthquake.

Scientists have found the first inherited link to common migraine and a possible reason for extreme headaches.

An international study has successfully used genome scanning to identify a gene associated with vulnerability to tuberculosis (TB).

New Zealand is still seeing a significant level of swine flu, says the Ministry of Health.

An Auckland man has become New Zealand's first reported case of a new and aggressive form of malaria that has jumped the species barrier from monkeys to humans.

Swine flu has become the dominant flu virus in New Zealand and some emergency departments are struggling to cope.