The prospect of being able to take a pill to combat fear and anxiety has come a step closer

Soldiers and others in dangerous professions could take anti-fear medications to cope with stress.

A celebrity couple have opened up about the emotional toll of failed IVF attempts in the hope others will take comfort from their ordeal.

A drug co-invented by a University of Auckland researcher and part funded by a New Zealand venture capital company is about to take the next step on the path to gaining a foothold in the global 'wound-healing' market.

She may be an "All-Black", but a baby's links to rugby stardom are no help in paying an unexpected bill of more than $12k for her health care.

A Spanish man who underwent a partial face transplant hugged his surgeon and expressed gratitude to the donor's family as he appeared in public for the first time.

A cancer vaccine approved in the US is potentially paving the way for effective treatments to become widely available in two or three years.

An apparently healthy man has become the first person in the world to be prescribed a medicine based on an analysis of his genome.

The maker of the flu vaccine now implicated in a rash of child sickness across Australia has ruled out a "bad batch" is involved.