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Greater restrictions around the use of sodium valproate (Epilim) to treat bipolar disorder in girls and women have been put in place. This is because of a clearer picture emerging of the risks of harm and the continuing exposure of unborn babies in pregnancy

The three confirmed cases come from Rangiora and Christchurch and include a teenage male, and one male and one female – both in their 40s. None are thought to have been fully immunised against measles

Vaccinators across New Zealand will receive their annual influenza immunisation ‘Flu Kit’ around mid-March this year

Ground-breaking findings by Liggins Institute researchers based on mapping DNA in three dimensions have shed light on the genetic drivers for type 1 diabetes, and on why seemingly unrelated diseases so often go together

The appointment of Dr Prudence Stone as chief executive of the Public Health Association (PHA) heralds the beginning of a new era for public health in Aotearoa New Zealand

Chief coroner Deborah Marshall has paid tribute to the contribution and service of Hastings based Coroner Christopher Devonport who died at Hawke’s Bay Hospital on 23 January after an accident at his home