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Air NZ extremely sorry after grandmother injured by wheelchair no-show
'She arrived exhausted, in tears and pain from her injuries.'
‘We cried and cried’: Kiwi nurse reunited with woman whose life she saved in Africa after 30 years
Aly Hall met the woman in agonising pain during a hospital visit in Africa in 1993.
Ebola: Healthcare worker stable
Worker isolated and tested for deadly and contagious disease five days after returning from Sierra Leone.
Ebola nurses meet Clark in stricken nation
A team of Kiwi nurses working as part of the international Red Cross Ebola response team in Sierra Leone got to meet Helen Clark this week.
What comes after Ebola?
Schools are reopening, but in three Ebola-ravaged African countries, children have had their innocence stolen by a virus.
Ebola checks failed for nurse on British flight
Authorities are trying to trace all 71 passengers on a Heathrow to Glasgow flight who may have been exposed to Ebola.
Christmas cheer banned as Ebola battle continues
Soldiers will make sure there is no Christmas cheer in Sierra Leone this year as the Ebola virus continues to spread through west Africa.
Nurses help Sierra Leone's Ebola victims
An Ebola death rate of 70 per cent did not stop two Kiwi nurses from answering the call for help.
Ebola-infected doctor may leave Sierra Leone for treatment in US
A doctor from Sierra Leone with United States residency infected with Ebola may travel to the US to be treated for the deadly virus, medical officials say.
Kiwi nurse: I'd go back to help Ebola fight
A Whangarei nurse who spent a month working at a purpose-built Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone is home again but says she'd go back in a heartbeat.
Baby isolated in Australia over Ebola fears
A one-year-old who'd recently returned to Victoria from West Africa was isolated after showing symptoms similar to those of Ebola.
The most terrifying thing about Ebola
What makes the Ebola virus so terrifying is not its kill rate or its exponential growth. It's the fact that it threatens humanity by preying on humanity.
'Big Pharma' slammed for lack of Ebola drug
The leading scientists have launched an attack on "Big Pharma", accusing drugs giants of failing to manufacture a vaccine, because there was "no business case".
Ebola: A whole country in quarantine
Sierra Leone's proposed countrywide 'lockdown' will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease spreading further as cases are concealed, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) claimed today.
Ebola fight a 'war', says UN
The UN's new leader on Ebola says the fight against the epidemic is a "war" which could take another six months.
NZ nurse joins war on Ebola
'I feel 100 per cent supported and safe,' says Whangarei nurse Donna Collins as she heads to Sierra Leone to join a Red Cross team responding to Ebola.
Ebola serum 'reverses' disease
An experimental serum treatment on two US missionaries has raised hopes of an effective treatment for the disease after doctors reported a "miraculous" improvement in the health of one of those who contracted the disease.
Ebola: One flight away
In an era when the next pandemic can seem just a pathogen away, Ebola still retains a grisly fascination.
No screening for ebola in NZ
Health officials will not start screening for deadly ebola infection among passengers arriving in NZ, despite the seriousness of the outbreak of the disease in West Africa.
World's biggest health risk?
As Ebola, Mers and HIV/Aids make headlines, what are the biggest risks to the world's health? And what is being done about them?
Chief doctor fighting Ebola is infected
He's been labelled a 'national hero' for battling Sierra Leone's deadly Ebola outbreak. Now he's been infected with the disease that has no cure.