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Country practices face GP drought
Rural New Zealand is facing a GP shortage as the current workforce ages.
Rural New Zealand is facing a GP shortage as the current workforce ages.
A person diagnosed with measles in Auckland visited several public places while infectious.
Doctors have been told to "practice what they preach" in a study that has found medical professionals regularly risk infecting their patients and colleagues.
The Government will ban all synthetic drugs within two weeks until they can be proven to be low-risk, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has revealed.
The family of a keen gardener who died after using potting mix hopes her death raises the dangers of using the potentially lethal soil.
An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.
More New Zealanders are diagnosing their illnesses online instead of going to their GP, according to a new survey.
The number of people checking in with their GP in relation to flu symptoms may be levelling off, but we're not out of the woods yet.