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Health Minister Dr Shane Reti has confirmed that cervical screening will continue to be free for women with higher risk of cervical cancer

Experts are calling for greater support for the thousands of Kiwis aged 65+ who are most at risk of an intensely painful and debilitating disease^[1]

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) welcomes yesterdays announcement which saw Pharmac receive a $604 million funding boost over four years, allowing then to deliver an overall package of up to 54 new medicines, including up to 26 cancer treatments

Health services for people who use drugs require a significant boost in funding and a shift towards early intervention, harm reduction, strengthening of natural supports and an increase in kaupapa Māori approaches if we want a truly health-based approach to drugs, says the New Zealand Drug Foundation Te Puna Whakaiti Pāmamae Kai Whakapiri

A new report from Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission (Te Tāhū Hauora), A window on quality 2024: Turbulence, quality and the future | He tirohanga kounga 2024: He hūkeri, he kounga ki anamata hoki, highlights issues affecting the quality and safety of Aotearoa New Zealand’s health care system

MND NZ research advisor and best practice advocate Dr Natalie Gauld discusses the hallmarks of MND and the need for prompt neurology review if MND is suspected

Te Niwha researchers are working alongside Māori and Pasifika communities and health organisations to boost childhood immunisation rates for the most vulnerable

Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga has changed the criteria for two breast cancer medicines which means people with a particular type of breast cancer will be able to stay on treatment for longer

The Government will deliver on its election commitment to take agriculture out of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) and will establish a new Pastoral Sector Group to constructively tackle biogenic methane, Coalition Government Agriculture and Climate Change Ministers say

Coronary heart disease (CHD) was involved in 1 in 5 deaths in 2022 when using all of the information included on the medical death certificate, according to a new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) release revealing what Australians are most likely to die from