The HPV vaccination could mean more women with cervical cancer will not be diagnosed, health officials have warned.

A new vaccine therapy, derived from rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD), could offer hope for colorectal cancer sufferers, researchers say.

The maker of the flu vaccine now implicated in a rash of child sickness across Australia has ruled out a "bad batch" is involved.

A toddler who died in her Australian home a day after having a flu vaccine is a part-Maori girl whose father grew up in Tokoroa.

Epidemic is expected to return, although only five cases have been confirmed so far.

Australian authorities are investigating the death of a toddler within 12 hours of her receiving a flu vaccination.

Demand for the influenza vaccine has been so high that some medical practices have been left without supplies.

The swine flu virus is being blamed for a leap in the number of pregnant women dying in New Zealand and Australia.

New Zealanders are being urged to have flu jabs soon, ahead of a likely second round of the international swine flu pandemic.

A controversial reasearch paper was withdrawn as a result of a preliminary verdict that the authors had acted 'dishonestly' and 'irresponsibly'.

Medical journal's editors retract paper 12 years after it was published, saying several of its elements are "incorrect".

About one-third of swine flu patients admitted to NZ and Australian intensive care units had no underlying health problems, a study has found.