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'Saddening': Pharmac director who helped appoint CEO slams board, toxic culture

'If you have been this tone-deaf in the past what makes you less tone-deaf in the future?'

Why the truth about insomnia is nothing like the movies

On-screen portrayals of insomnia aren't necessarily accurate to real life.

Nurse claimed Covid vaccine changes DNA so people are not '100 per cent human'

She has now been suspended for spreading Covid-19 misinformation.

New AI tool diagnoses brain tumours on the operating table

New York Times: A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses.

Bali tourists to be tested for virus deadlier than Covid-19

The virus has a 40-75 per cent fatality rate and there's no vaccine.

What is the OMAD diet?

Is there really a benefit to the one meal a day diet?

What is insulin resistance and how do you know if you have it?

New York Times: The condition, its early signs and when to take them seriously.

How loneliness changes the way we process the world

Most of us have felt lonely at one time or another, but what is the impact?

Experts plead with political parties to give Te Aka Whai Ora a chance

Health experts call for National-Act rethink over Māori Health Authority.

New Zealanders trapped in Israel, nurses' pay rise frustration and sinkhole repairs | Focus Morning Bulletin 11 October, 2023

New Zealand church group stranded in Isreal, nurses' pay rise frustration continues and sinkhole repairs continue in Auckland. Video / NZ Herald

Kea Kids: We all know vaping is bad for your health, but why? We find out.

What kinds of chemicals go into vape juice, and what can they do to your body? A Kea Kids News animation explores the science, and reporter Mason takes us to Wellington, where kids and adults have teamed up to crack down. Video / Kea Kids

‘We cried and cried’: Kiwi nurse reunited with woman whose life she saved in Africa after 30 years

Aly Hall met the woman in agonising pain during a hospital visit in Africa in 1993.

Nurses won historic pay rise, but some still waiting for up to $23k to show up

Payroll difficulties mean some nurses won't be paid before Christmas - or even later.

‘Nightmare come true’: 12yo girl in coma after vaping

One lung was badly affected, and she was deteriorating very quickly.

Can hair loss clinic owner call himself ‘Dr Raj’ if he’s not NZ registered medical doctor?

His website included a reference to Dr Raj being a third-generation doctor.

Workers catch typhoid from samples at labs, exposed to fumes

Te Whatu Ora Health NZ to check the safety of hospital labs nationwide.

Long tail of asbestos: Carpenter diagnosed with cancer after work at Carrington Hospital

Rod Heywood says the asbestos risk would also be high at the Chateau and the St James.

'Quite a lot to digest': Trends show how Whanganui could look in 10 years

With a high-growth model, the district could have a population of 52,981 by 2034.