Indian girl, 10, who fell pregnant after being raped, ordered to carry foetus to term.

World Health Organisation warns of untreatable strains of sexually transmitted infections.

There are ways to save on your power without shivering through winter.

The world's next big antibiotic could lie hidden in our native fungi.

Depression is the focus of this year's World Health Day.

A Kiwi scientist's research could yield a vaccine against an emerging deadly pathogen.

Unnecessary prescriptions could lead to serious long-term consequences.

Health officials say nations need to take action as bacteria build resistance to drugs.

COMMENT: The Government's plan to clean up waterways is an attempt to look as though action's being taken, when in reality nothing's happening, says Mark Dye.

Dentists spell out sugar control policies they say are needed

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

The National Screening Unit will end cervical smear tests for women aged 20-25 in 2018 citing "a strong body of evidence" showing the procedure may be causing more harm than good.

In early 2014, a blogger launched a petition pushing sandwich chain Subway to remove an obscure chemical also used in yoga mats from its bread.

An independent panel of 19 specialists has called for sweeping reforms to ensure there is no repeat of the catastrophe, which killed more than 11,000 people.

A leading Pacific doctor is supporting calls for island countries to consider a fat tax on junk food to tackle the ticking time bomb of obesity in the region.

Food products bearing the Heart Foundation's Tick will once again have to meet sugar content guidelines.

As many as one million people could flee Mosul in northern Iraq if the Iraqi Army, backed by US air strikes, seeks to recapture the city this year, aid agencies have said.

More than 80 New Zealanders have registered their interest in joining the international fight against Ebola, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says.

The World Health Organisation bungled efforts to halt the spread of Ebola in West Africa, an internal report revealed Friday.

Isolation wards at hospitals around the country are on stand-by as the death rate from the outbreak rises and the number of those killed by the virus nears 4500.

Experts say the Ebola virus is not more virulent that previous outbreaks, and is actually quite difficult to catch.

The UN's new leader on Ebola says the fight against the epidemic is a "war" which could take another six months.

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.

In an era when the next pandemic can seem just a pathogen away, Ebola still retains a grisly fascination.

Clothing retailer Just Jeans has voluntarily recalled four children's garments containing potentially cancer-causing dyes.