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Measles outbreak in Waikato

The Waikato District Health Board has written to parents of children attending schools or early education centres in Te Awamutu advising them of the outbreak, which involved students from a local college.

Virus kills fifth horse in New South Wales

Auckland measles numbers on the rise

Hope for vaccine in hunt for answers to killer virus

Gene technique to stretch diseased arteries gives hope for heart health

'Don't use paracetamol for fever'

A respected scientific group has recommended not using paracetamol to reduce flu-related fever.

A poor state of health for nation's needy

Wrinkly rat may hold the secret of eternal youth

Research has revealed the naked mole rat has a genome similar to that of a human.

David Yates: Carer turned patient wants to make most of his time

Spanish cucumbers cleared of causing deaths

Northern Territory tourist dies after mozzie bite

A 19-year-old Canadian tourist has died after contracting one of Australia's most rare mosquito-borne diseases.

Pneumonia deaths linked to lack of vitamin D

Kiwifruit dumped over typhoid scare

Skin cells to rescue ailing livers

Scientists have been able to convert skin cells into liver cells, a breakthrough that could one day eliminate the need for organ transplants.

Northland rest homes under norovirus watch

Two more measles cases confirmed in Auckland

Farmers fret over cost of new animal tags scheme

Obese children 'at greater risk of bone fractures'

Obese young children are vulnerable to bone fractures and more likely to develop osteoporosis in old age, British study finds.