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'Disturbing': Doctors slam Govt's plan to buy vapes for smokers

Health NZ asked the vaping industry for quotes and talked up the PR benefits of a deal.

AI healthcare firm Heidi raises US$65m on the heels of huge NZ doctor pilot

Heidi Health's AI tool is being trialled by Health NZ alongside rival iMedX.

'Sometimes I just record his voice': Heartbreak as toddler's rare cancer spreads

'Obviously as a parent you never want to give up.'

Editorial: Trump is not a doctor. Listen to the experts

OPINION: It's not the first time the President has strayed into the field of medicine.

Health Minister promises 75,000 more procedures under $65m plan

Simeon Brown says the move will cut delays and ease hospital pressure.

Health Minister promises 75,000 more procedures under new $65m plan

Health Minister Simeon Brown and Dr Mike Shepherd spoke to media revealing a new plan to help boost the health sector. Video / NZ Herald

Editorial: The message is clear for men to get checked for prostate cancer

OPINION: Partners and families are important in being proactive about it.

'Preventable': New research reveals how firearms deaths cost NZ $300m a year

The annual cost of firearms harm is $321m in lives lost and $1.48m in hospital care.

Whangārei ED meeting national targets but challenges remain, doctor warns

Leaked data shows Whangārei Hospital was above the national average.

Revealed: Leaked data show major hospitals failing ED wait time targets

Health NZ says the stress on EDs this winter has been 'unprecedented'.

Revealed: Cost to taxpayer of Ardern, Hipkins, Labour MPs' Covid inquiry legal advice

The Labour foursome didn't appear publicly as part of phase two of the inquiry.

Editorial: NZ can dramatically increase funding for vital drugs

OPINION: It just needs to prioritise people's health and make budget cuts in other areas.

Elderly man died after suffering heart attack, bleeding during surgery he didn't consent to

One of his surgeons was inexperienced, the other didn't even work at the hospital.

New NZ anti-vaccine book with 'misleading claims' sells 4000 copies

Voices for Freedom says it has sold 4000 copies of a new book about the Covid-19 response.

'Deficiencies in care': Man died after a series of missed opportunities to diagnose cancer

HDC: 'The responsibility for the deficiencies in care lay with Health NZ.'

'Nasty' stomach bug cripples Northland community

Mangawhai Beach School said classrooms had been cleaned thoroughly over the weekend.