Police are hunting for a five-day-old baby who was kidnapped from Middlemore Hospital earlier this evening.

A one-year-old who'd recently returned to Victoria from West Africa was isolated after showing symptoms similar to those of Ebola.

What makes the Ebola virus so terrifying is not its kill rate or its exponential growth. It's the fact that it threatens humanity by preying on humanity.

An anaesthetic technician who stole hospital drugs and was high while attending to a patient in theatre is one of 22 medical professionals found guilty of misusing drugs over 12 years.

When Jamie Trower took a wrong turn on Mt Ruapehu as a 9-year-old, his life became a complex mix of medical jargon and rehab.

A hospital struggling with an upsurge of influenza and similar illnesses is appealing to patients to see their GP early rather than waiting and going to the emergency department.

Incubators, beds and $25,000 worth of laundry are among items missing from district health boards in the past year.

Readers shared their experiences with Hospital food across the country after the Weekend Herald reported on planned cost-cutting measures.

US patient Johnny Lee Banks sues doctors over circumcision that ended up as amputation.

Nutrition experts have warned a government cost-cutting team that patients could suffer malnutrition or even death under plans for cheaper hospital food.

Starship's operating theatres have reached capacity and are no longer fully up to the job, say leaders of the children's hospital.

At first, Asisi Kaufusi's parents thought he had a cold.

An American man who was paralysed in a swimming accident has become the first patient to move his hand using the power of thought after doctors inserted a microchip into his brain.

New Zealanders trying to sidestep doctors' fees while holidaying in Australia could soon be turned away from Sydney hospitals.

Kiwis attempting to sidestep doctor’s fees while holidaying in Australia could soon be turned away from Sydney hospitals.

Karyn Freer rewarded her family with smiles when she emerged from an operation to remove surgical mesh that scans showed was eating into the flesh below her belly button.

Hamilton's measles epidemic is growing with 53 cases confirmed including one where the person was fully immunised.

Mental health nurses are speaking out against brutal violence inflicted by their patients, including being punched, kicked, burnt and stabbed and choked.

One baby has died and 14 others are fighting for their lives after being poisoned in NHS neonatal care units in the UK.

Nearly 40 per cent of hospital staff report have been assaulted at work by patients or relatives of patients in the preceding year, a survey has found.

Thousands of critically ill or unconscious patients have been enrolled without their consent in clinical trials to test treatments in New Zealand hospitals.

Today is International Day of the Midwife and we reflect on the changing face of midwives in New Zealand.