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<i>Nigel Wilson</i>: Hidden scandal of rheumatic fever a costly timebomb

Flesh-eating bug cases treble in NZ hospitals

The number of patients in New Zealand hospitals attacked by "flesh-eating" bugs has trebled since 1990.

Condoms on Labour's new to-do list

Lomu: Family's generosity awesome

Little kidney patient's link to Lomu

A 9-year-old girl gets a kidney from the sister of the man who gave his kidney to Jonah Lomu.

<i>Gwynne Dyer</i>: Sometimes the problem is just too many mouths to feed

Olympic star's 'superbug' claim

A Commonwealth Games medallist claims to have been maimed after being infected in hospital during a routine operation.

A cure, but not for all

Scientists to 'breed out' disease