Police hope a post mortem on a three-year-old girl who died today of suspected head injuries will reveal more about the circumstances in which she died.

The three-year-old girl found unconscious at a Palmerston North home yesterday afternoon has died.

Radical changes to the employment and training of hospital doctors have been recommended this afternoon by a Health Ministry-appointed commission.

The number of people checking in with their GP in relation to flu symptoms may be levelling off, but we're not out of the woods yet.

A south Auckland hospital has reacted to recent swine flu related deaths with strict new measures to curb the virus's spread