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Measles outbreak in Waikato
The Waikato District Health Board has written to parents of children attending schools or early education centres in Te Awamutu advising them of the outbreak, which involved students from a local college.
Zahnee needs life changing help
Papamoa five-year-old Zahnee Campbell has a debilitating birth defect, thought to be the only one of its kind in New Zealand.
Australian hospital gives mums wrong babies
Two Australian mothers are having their blood screened after each accidentally breastfed the other's baby.
Foreign health bills top $19m
Foreign patients treated in New Zealand hospitals owe the system at least $19 million.
Resthome staff accused of poor care after deaths
Northland Health has recorded 298 cases of norovirus, with several patients still being kept in isolation.
ACC admits hardline too tough
The ACC has admitted it has been rejecting too many claimants seeking elective surgery.
Move to fix prescription problems
Patients being given the wrong prescription occurs "a lot", according to the Health Quality and Safety Commission, but a new system should help prevent cases like the tragic death of Shirley Curtis.
Grandmother dies after hospital overdose
A 60-year-old grandmother died after being given 10 times as much heart medication as she should have been.
Health ministry's million-dollar battle against families
The Ministry of Health needs to sit down and talk with families who are caring for their disabled relatives, say the Greens.
NZ's stillbirth rate among highest
An expert says many more babies would survive if the country quit smoking and reduced its obesity.
Traffic-light food labelling scheme wins support
Food manufacturer Sanitarium has produced a scheme for a national "traffic light" food labelling system.
Weekend work in Aussie nets NZ doctors thousands
Doctors flying to New South Wales to work weekends are earning as much as $8200.
200kg patient dies after weight impedes treatment
A man weighing more than 200 kilograms has died in hospital, after staff could not give him life saving treatment because he was too heavy for them to roll.
Wheelchairs, money arrive in flood of help for Peta
Despite being born in Auckland, Peta is not entitled to free healthcare as her parents aren't citizens.