Associate Health Minister David Seymour has empowered Pharmac and Medsafe to explore the utilisation of artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up their processes.

At the end of May, the Waitangi Tribunal held a priority hearing on the Government’s plans for Māori health now that there is no Te Aka Whai Ora. There was a bit of late-breaking drama when the Crown ...

GP Jonathan Bentley gets a little help to piece together a diagnosis for a patient with persistent fatigue following a bucket-list holiday in the US ...

A vaccinologist behind a ground-breaking study into the safety of Covid-19 vaccines is worried US funding cuts could undermine vaccine confidence. The Global Vaccine Data Network, run from Auckland ...

Women who suffer from endometriosis have an increased risk of premature and early menopause, both naturally and surgically, University of Queensland researchers have found. A comprehensive ...

Following his previous article about how generative artificial intelligence can improve work efficiency, specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones describes his first experience with an AI transcription tool ...

PMA Chief Executive, Debbie Sorensen, acknowledges HRH Princess Siu'ilikutapu's relationship with PMA as well as her groundbreaking leadership. "We are deeply saddened by her passing and we recognise ...

About 150 New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) workers employed at Access Home Health will strike today following a breakdown in talks with their employer. The ...

For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine ...

Associate Minister of Health Casey Costello and Minister for ACC Matt Doocey have announced today that the Government has invested over $21 million in additional funding into Hato Hone St John. “Hato ...

As H5N1 avian influenza surges in mammal populations and causes new human infections, and mpox is leading to deaths of children, the former Co-Chairs of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness ...

Frances Matthews takes aim at the new Government's coalition agreements and the impacts some of the policies will have on the lives of New Zealanders ...