Southern chief medical officer David Gow's confirmed equipment failed in the hospital's cath lab - where vital heart procedures are carried out - last week. He says staff are still waiting on a ...

Protecting pēpi and tamariki through immunisation is one of the best ways to set them up for a healthy future,” Dr. Reti emphasized.

“It’s exactly why the Government is investing in making it easier to get kids immunised through well-child tamariki ora ...

Caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis, the highly contagious illness - known as whooping cough for the whoop sounding ...

A Pacific public health expert is encouraging Pasifika communities in New Zealand to make sure they are immunised against ...

The lower North and South Islands are the biggest hotspots for whooping cough as an epidemic sweeps the country, official ...

The Senior Māori Advisor at the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) says there are accessibility concerns amid a declared ...

More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after ...

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The priority should be vaccinating young people with little airways who are at the highest risk of severe infection, says Immunisation Advisory Centre founder.

On the same day that public health officials announced a whooping cough epidemic ... In a letter to Health New Zealand Commissioner Lester Levy and its chief executive Fepulea’i Margie Apa earlier ...

New Zealand has declared early stages of a highly contagious whooping cough epidemic, with a nationally coordinated respons ...