About 1.25 million does of the flu vaccine were distributed in New Zealand last year.

IHC has signalled it will stop providing home support, contract board and foster care.

A lack of funding has forced a charity to end it's autism education programmes.

COMMENT: The public can't protect itself if it's left completely in the dark.

Govt will not introduce a formal policy to protect medical cannabis users.

Health authorities took a week to report a typhoid victim has died.

Two people have been charged over alleged kickbacks at two Manukau Maori organisations.

Disease spread by a common source, but this is yet to be confirmed, officials said.

Pharmac has funded two new drugs targeting advanced melanoma.

A woman whose son was born with birth defects speaks out about the pill that caused it.

A boy with cancer can't get to school because of a severe shortage of disability taxis.

Cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA have been found in Auckland and Christchurch wastewater.

Dame Tariana Turia questions whether we should pay GPs to gather smoking data.

The cost of hearing loss in New Zealand in 2016 hit $4.9b leading to calls for an inquiry,

Is an all-you-can-eat, whole food, plant-based diet the answer to weight loss?

A new report has shown 9 per cent of adults can not get the specialist care they need.

Two Kiwi women who took a pregnancy test linked to birth defects have come forward.

It's costing taxpayers almost $1m a year to keep Ashley Peacock behind locked doors.

Medsafe is checking whether a pregnancy test linked to birth defects was used in NZ.

The rate of smoking in Whanganui has not changed in three years - despite almost $1.7 million being spent to stub out the habit. A

MPs are expecting furious opposition to proposals on fluoridated drinking water as public hearings kick off this week.

Microwave imaging could soon be available for breast screening to detect cancer.

New Zealand's mobile surgical bus has been making healthcare more accessible to rural communities for 15 years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Ticket holders for Vaxxed will be notified of the venue only three hours before it starts

COMMENT: The Environment Minister's promise to make 90 per cent of rivers swimmable by 2040 is a cynical sleight of hand, writes Gen Toop from Greenpeace.

The heartbroken mum of a baby who died of respiratory failure wants answers after she says only one of eight GP practices referred son to hospital.

HIV-positive figure's condom-free message clashes with international medical advice.

COMMENT: The Government's plan to clean up waterways is an attempt to look as though action's being taken, when in reality nothing's happening, says Mark Dye.

Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has called on doctors to have an "open mind" when deciding whether to prescribe cannabis and cannabinoid products.

DAN23972: LIFELINE: Anne Greatbatch (left), hearing therapist for the Life Unlimited Charitable Trust, with client Nikki Martin. PHOTO/CHRISTINE