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'Holy grail' of cancer vaccines one step closer
A cancer vaccine approved in the US is potentially paving the way for effective treatments to become widely available in two or three years.
Fear of repeat sends demand for anti-flu jabs soaring
Epidemic is expected to return, although only five cases have been confirmed so far.
Illnesses halt vaccine for under-5s
Australian authorities are investigating the death of a toddler within 12 hours of her receiving a flu vaccination.
Quicker drugs - at a cost
Kiwis could get quicker access to new and expensive medicines - and the Govt's bill could go up - under a free trade deal with the US.
Activists picket animal tester's speech
Animal rights protesters - and one beagle - picketed outside the venue for a speech by animal testing scientist Allen Goldenthal yesterday.
Pain-killing secrets of the opium poppy revealed
Scientists have identified the genes of the opium poppy responsible for the production of the painkillers codeine and morphine.
Eighteen days to unravel a death
Chris Barton was at the inquest into a harrowing story of youth suicide.
Coroner's court probes dead youth's use of Prozac
Eighteen months after Toran Henry killed himself, his mother finally gets to have her say on whether an anti-depressant influenced his death.
Drug gaffe endangers blood-clot patients
A common blood-thinning drug is being recalled after a manufacturing blunder that could cause thousands of NZers to accidentally overdose.