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Focus Live: Dr Ashley Bloomfield gives Covid-19 update
13 May, 2022. Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield fronts 1pm Covid-19 press conference. Video / Marty Melville
13 May, 2022. Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield fronts 1pm Covid-19 press conference. Video / Marty Melville
Belinda Elwell administered vaccines, took blood samples and measured heart health.
Carlos Molina waited eight weeks, with no income, for a medical exemption.
Bioengineering Researcher, Kelly Burrowes on how our health system ignores and neglects female patients. Video / NZ Herald
Paris' life-threatening endometriosis diagnosis and surgery delays, with wait times up to three years. Video / NZ Herald
Auckland upswing in Covid-19 cases may signal the start a national climb to a new normal.
The Club Captain said the defibrillator and fast actions made the difference.
Former Olympian Kirstie Klingenberg says she didn't speak up about her agonising pain for years out of fear her coaches would think she was weak. Video / NZ Herald
Cancer drugs, mental health support system in spotlight ahead of Budget.
Do you notice your child's growth more during school terms and less in summer? Here's why.
Nurses Organisation puzzled by who the Immigration Minister consulted with.
A doctor claims she was just friends with her patient, his wife says otherwise.
High vax rate has helped push our cumulative case fatality risk at less than 0.1 per cent.
Screening donors is necessary, but banning gay men from blood donation doesn't make sense.
New York Times: Women often have symptoms that are harder to associate with heart trouble.
One woman was told her pain was all in her head. It was - in fact it was a brain tumour.
Reti is under fire for comments he made comparing Māori life expectancy to the 1840s.
Māori health providers are hoping a new programme will be key to reducing infant deaths.
"She looks at me and goes 'mummy do you not want me any more?'"
Does adulthood begin at 25? Brain development research sparks call for health overhaul.
A woman almost lost a tooth after her dentist failed to identify significant decay.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has linked 13 cancers to excess weight.
The impact of the government's restorative justice for mesh has been examined.
Epidemiologist Michael Baker expects BA.5 has already spread deep into the community.
New York Times: Same obstacles and inequities exist as two decades ago.
Is there really any point to starting your day with lukewarm water and a dash of lemon?
My role is to support people to achieve their goals.
Is a Covid-19 infection really as mild as some are suggesting?
On average, women in NZ wait 8.7 years from onset symptoms to be formally diagnosed.
Kiwis with eating disorders say plans to help are too little, too late.