Mum speaks on meningococcal disease heartbreak: 'I can't turn back time'
Yesterday the Government announced an urgent vaccination programme for Northland.
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Meningococcal response: 'Still sitting on their hands'
Northland doctors and emergency departments are on alert for meningococcal disease
Six more hit by meningitis in Auckland
None of the six Auckland cases were related to camps on Motutapu Island.
Fears meningococcal 'super-strain' could become dominant
A meningococcal disease strain that's killed six this year may become dominant form.
Grieving mum: 'Don't hesitate, you don't have time'
"Don't hesitate. You don't have time." Northland mum warns other parents.
Teen with allergic reaction to nuts rescued from Motutapu Island
Girl is in a moderate condition in hospital.
New vaccine launched to combat killer meningococcal B disease
Toddlers immunised during the last epidemic now need a new dose as adolescents.
Warning over potentially deadly strain of meningococcal disease
Six Kiwis have died from a new strand of meningococcal disease this year.
Doctor thought to have penned meningococcal letter
Health board suspects meningococcal claims penned by a senior doctor.
Zachary Gravatt 'can lie easy' following inquest
Coroner praises father's approach at Zachary Gravatt's meningococcal inquest
Early drugs would have boosted odds - expert
Expert says earlier antibiotics would have boosted Zachary Gravatt's chances.
Meningococcal death: Doctor allegedly joked delay was to finish dessert
Doctor was at Japanese restaurant when emergency call about meningococcal case came.
New hearing into med student's death: 'We just want to know the truth,' say parents
New evidence leads Deputy Solicitor-General to order re-opening of inquest into death.
Meningococcal death: Boy, 16, attended Kerikeri High School
Meningococcal disease confirmed as cause of teen's death.
Deadly meningococcal on the rise in Fiji, NZ
Health authorities concerned and say more people should be vaccinated against the disease.
Bridesmaid fundraising for bride's funeral
Jamieka McCarthy Harford died of meningococcal disease hours after her wedding.
Meningococcal victim farewelled today
Jamieka Dianne McCarthy Harford, 26, was being farewelled at midday today.
Newly-wed dies just hours after getting married
A woman who died of meningococcal disease on Saturday had been married hours before.
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Meningococcal disease hits three
Three young children have been treated in hospital for potentially-deadly meningococcal disease.
Meningococcal cases 'probably linked'
Hundreds of people in Auckland and Otago are being given preventive antibiotics
Pupil in induced coma with meningitis
Mount Aspiring College's principal says the school will try to continue with business as usual.
Meningitis death prompts warning
The parents of a 20-year-old student, who died tragically at the weekend from meningitis, have warned people to be wary of the disease's symptoms.
Drugs offered in wake of student death
Close contacts of an Otago Polytechnic student who died at the weekend from meningitis have been offered antibiotics to reduce their risk of catching the disease.
Toddler's smile returning
Left a quadriplegic and severely brain damaged after a failed meningitis diagnosis, two-year-old William Burton is smiling again.
Kiwi conquers the Pacific
After 60 days and 4000km of sometimes "horrendous" Pacific Ocean seas, two women have rowed from Los Angeles to Waikiki, Hawaii, and raised money for charities.
DHB pays out over student's death
The family of Zachary Gravatt, who died of meningococcal disease at Auckland City Hospital, have received a payment "in recognition of their losses".
Health workers named
Four health workers involved in the care of a medical student who died at Auckland City Hospital in 2009 after a wrongful diagnosis can now be named.
More jabs in store for Kiwi babies
Kiwi babies look likely to get free vaccinations against chickenpox and rotavirus later this year - up to six years after Australia.
Stricken child facing six months of surgery
A three-year-old boy who was diagnosed with meningococcal C has been transferred from Starship Children's Hospital to Middlemore for plastic surgery.
Funds drive begins for stricken child
The Rotorua community is raising funds for the family of three-year-old Elliott Crimp who is in Starship children's hospital with meningococcal C.