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Health NZ backs down on proposal to cut maternity and gynaecology beds

The trial aimed to ease emergency department overcrowding by reallocating beds.

Public health groups file lawsuit to stop RFK jnr’s vaccine changes

The lawsuit focuses on Kennedy's withdrawal of some coronavirus vaccine recommendations.

Jessie J reveals her cancer hasn't spread

The pop star expressed gratitude, saying: 'Happy tears are real.'

'It's devastating': US measles cases reach 33-year high

US suffers public health reversal against highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease.

'Everyone’s in complete disbelief': Teen dies from flu complications hours after arriving at hospital

Katie Iti's father says she had only been unwell for a few days.

'100% a crisis': More than 900 women wait for specialist gynaecology care in Hawke’s Bay

'Doctors aren’t even referring because they’re like, ‘you’re not going to get seen’.'

Health NZ board re-established by Government

Current Health NZ commissioner Lester Levy has been placed in charge.

‘Inexplicable’: Woman attacked by lion in Australia knew animal for 20+ years

The woman had worked with the lion for more than 20 years at the zoo.

I thought my stitch was from over-exercising. It turned out to be cancer

Telegraph: Early diagnosis saw 58-year-old Andy Rushton beat the odds.

'Walked down the aisle in pain': Jess Quinn calls for amputee service reform

The influencer and health advocate struggled for five years with unworkable prosthetics.

Teen with anorexia's slow, lonely slide to death - what agencies knew

How can a young person starve alone while on the radar of social and health services?

'Real and unequal': MP's death highlights kidney disease crisis among Māori

Kidney disease in Māori often stems from diabetes and high blood pressure.

Maybe it’s not just ageing - maybe it’s anaemia

New York Times: Anaemia affects 12.5% of people older than 60, US data shows.

Understanding inflammation: When the body's defence turns harmful

New York Times: The buzzy term gets blamed for many diseases. But it isn’t all bad.

18,800 people booked for NZICC; anaesthetists, ophthalmologists the latest

Anaesthetists to meet April 30-May 5, ophthalmologists November 5-9 next year.

Analysis: The House folds under pressure from Trump - again

Analysis: It has become a recurring theme of the 119th Congress.

'More risks than benefits': Concerns over Indonesia's school lunch scheme

The free meal programme is aimed to combat stunting among children in Indonesia.

Australian man dies from 'extremely rare' bat bite virus

There have been only three previous fatal cases of this virus since 1996.