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Disease in Samoa threat to All Blacks

It's not often the All Blacks can be accused of running scared but there are genuine fears over July's historic match against Samoa in Apia following an outbreak of a mosquito-born epidemic.

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.

Social justice advocate Celia Lashlie dies

Celia Lashlie, the Kiwi author whose work on the raising of teenage boys earned her respect around the world, has died this morning after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Advocate for social justice: I'm dying

Acclaimed social researcher and author Celia Lashlie has cancelled all speaking engagements to stay home with her family in Wellington after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Smartphones and the flu fight

Health authorities could gain an unprecedented picture of how the flu spreads with complex models that reveal how we move among each other.

Author diagnosed with terminal cancer

Celia Lashlie, the Kiwi author whose work on the raising of teenage boys earned her respect around the world, has terminal cancer.

Rivals seize on US vaccination row

The Republican Party was on the defensive yesterday after two of its leading presidential hopefuls indicated that they had sympathy for parents unwilling to vaccinate their children against infectious diseases, even in the midst of a dangerous outbreak of

Back to school - where dozens died of Ebola

The government has promised to disinfect it. But parents are wary as their children are sent back to school in what was recently an Ebola isolation centre.

Worst killers of Kiwis changing

More New Zealanders died from Alzheimer's disease and chronic kidney disease last year than in 1990, a study has found.

Kiwi nurse details battle with Ebola

A New Zealand nurse who spent time working in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone says an end to the outbreak is in sight.

Geldof's version of the ice bucket challenge

Bob Geldof has launched his own version of the Ice Bucket Challenge in order to promote his charity single, Do They Know It’s Christmas.

Ebola nurse slams Band Aid single

The British nurse who survived Ebola has described the new Band Aid charity single as "cringeworthy".

Kiwi scientists shed new light on disease

Kiwi scientists have attracted global attention for shedding new light on how our cells switch their genes on and off - an important step to understanding disease.

HIV spike among Asian Kiwis

Not being "out" with their homosexuality is resulting in a spike in numbers of Asians in New Zealand being infected with HIV, the NZ Aids Foundation says.

Disease-carrying tick found on West Coast

A blood-borne, tick-carried parasite, which causes serious a disease in cattle, has been identified for the first time on the West Coast.

Flu survivor pushing message

A swine flu survivor has called for more people to be vaccinated after a study found on average 400 New Zealanders die each year from influenza.