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New evidence that people who have had COVID-19 have a 40 per cent greater risk of developing diabetes compared with those who have not had COVID-19 was presented among dozens of potential research areas and confirmed collaborations discussed at a “strikingly” successful e-forum between top flight New Zealand and Chinese researchers

Recent findings from world-first studies at the University of Otago into rheumatic fever risk factors have been welcomed by the organisation supporting those impacted by the disease

A new Director of Public Health has been appointed and will join Manatū Hauora on 15 August, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says

Today we are reporting 8,395 community cases, 689 current hospitalisations, and 17 deaths

Skipping meals, neglecting their health, and constant stress – this is the lived reality of sole-parents struggling to feed their family, a University of Otago study has found

The Ministry of Health is reporting the first case of Monkeypox in New Zealand. 

On the first ever International Paramedics Day, ambulance officers at St John and Wellington Free Ambulance are petitioning for the service to be returned to public ownership as part of current health system restructures, amid rising concerns about how the service is being run, including the issue of ‘ramping’ at busy hospitals

A large donation from Wellington property developer and philanthropist Mark Dunajtschik for a new mental health unit at Hutt Hospital is being welcomed by Health Minister Andrew Little

An assessment of ongoing pressure on the region’s hospital services have resulted in an extension to the significant reduction of deferrable planned care across Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley hospitals

The Green Party is once again calling on the Government to supply free masks to everyone