Funding meningococcal vaccine would save lives and give his son a legacy, dad says.

There have been 280 confirmed cases of measles this year in New Zealand.

Dad wants her vaccinated, Mum is anti-vaxx. They want the court to decide.

"The only way we can stop measles from returning is to increase immunity in our community"

Canterbury outbreak seems to have been contained while Auckland's continues to spike.

A teenage girl was in the Bay of Plenty before being hospitalised in Wellington.

The cases follow outbreaks in Christchurch and Auckland.

Health authorities concerned and say more people should be vaccinated against the disease.

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Convincing parents kids need the jab not as simple as giving them the facts, says prof.

About 30 per cent of high-school pupils may not be fully immunised against mumps.

Two nurses failed to notice that a 15-month-old boy was being given the wrong vaccine.

The family of a pro-immunisation doctor have been attacked by the anti-vax community.

A Christchurch man contracted measles while holidaying in Bali.

Infants will have to be enrolled with a GP within six weeks under a proposed law change.

A fifth case of measles has been confirmed in Northland with the DHB desperately urging people to make sure they are immunised.

New Zealand fathers-to-be are nearly twice as likely as their pregnant partners to be undecided about immunisation before their child is born.

Some parents are putting off or ditching plans to immunise children after discouraging information, a study shows.

A 4-year-old boy has died of flu in what experts are warning is one of the most intense seasons in recent years.

Two Hamilton schoolkids have contracted measles, causing one school to put quarantine measures in place.

Vaccinations for chicken pox, meningococcal C and HPV for boys must be added to NZ's free immunisation register, a health expert says.

A controversial anti-vaccination organisation has come under fire for comparing compulsory vaccination to rape in a social media post.

Parents who refuse vitamin K for their newborns are more likely to also turn down childhood immunisations, a study has found.

Parents of well-off Pakeha girls are less likely to get their daughters immunised against an STI because "white girls don't have sex", a health researcher believes.

A national measles outbreak began in the US in December, traced to the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California.

In a bid to fight the country's whooping cough epidemic, an Auckland nurse is ensuring her entire family is immunised against the disease.