Relying on status-quo health services doomed Māori vaccine roll-out to failure - study.

We're in the thick of an Omicron wave now, but what's ahead? Dr Jemma Geoghegan explains.

Scientists have teased out climate change's hidden hand in one of our worst flood events.

Long Covid is emerging as a health crisis within a health crisis. What have we learned?

A US baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant.

Near-record hot summer and major marine heatwave likely took heavy toll on our glaciers.

Epidemiologist told you can't "educate women". This is how she beats the trolls.

Is Australia winning the RAT race? Seized rapid tests slammed after school denied.

Of roughly 30,000 chemicals in use across NZ, fewer than 200 are routinely monitored.

Overuse of anti-microbial drugs will make standard operations riskier, report warns.

The country's slide into the cooler months to be preceded by a bout of beautiful weather.

Equity and nature must be at core of efforts to confront 'cascading' climate impacts - UN.

Unlike Cyclone Dovi, this low-pressure zone has a more complicated journey.

Recent modelling has shown New Zealand has the highest reproduction value for the virus.

'Any mask is better than no mask,' expert says after Peters goes maskless amid protesters.

The protest besieging Parliament doesn't point to widespread falling-out with experts.

Experts refute Act leader's argument that vax rates are making 'little difference'.

Almost 50 per cent of all current Covid-19 cases in NZ are in Counties Manukau district.

The Omicron subtype BA.2 is spreading in NZ - so what does that mean for Kiwis?

Delta still lurks amid the Omicron wave, with worries it'll keep driving hospitalisations.

Labs face bottleneck as new variant makes batch processing of samples problematic.

Paul Stevens, a conversion therapy survivor reveals his hopes for the future now that the bill has passed. Video / NZ Herald

Some parents need to apologise to their children, says doctor.

'Something is definitely changing.'