the woman shipped from Ghana to Portugal in 1556 to stand trial for using traditional medicine
Standing before the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal in 1556, Mónica Fernandes, a woman from the coast of modern-day…
This is how we should build NZ’s future hospitals – health architect Chris Thom
Health New Zealand is increasing the emphasis on value and cost-effectiveness in its infrastructure investments. Alternative procurement models…
Supercare Dental and Cosmetics Tuggerah owes patients more than $2 million in unfinished dental work, creditor’s report shows
Australians who were left with missing teeth and drained superannuation accounts for unfinished work at a dental chain…
Public Service Association calls out Health NZ for hosting private healthcare job ads on website
Jeffs said Kiwi Health Jobs served as a “centralised platform for all health sector job postings, including those…
RFK jnr defends US health agency shake-up, Democrats call for his resignation
Monarez, the CDC director whom Kennedy previously endorsed, accused the secretary of a “deliberate effort to weaken America’s…
Māori students going through long-standing medical admissions scheme more likely to graduate
Public health doctor Rhys Jones. Photo: Supplied Māori and Pacific medical students going through a long-standing admissions programme…
Choosing What to Believe in the Face of Illness
Bioethics Forum Essay Maggie is a 25-year-old woman with a mutation in a gene that is essential for…
The Guardian view on the dental divide: ministers must brush up their policy as well as children’s teeth | Editorial
Disadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained…
Nurses, midwives and health care assistants strike for second day
Nurse Sarita Sharma on strike in Wellington. Photo: SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ More than 36,000 nurses, midwives and…
Government announces new approach and funding for eating disorder services
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey has announced a new strategy and funding to combat eating disorders. Photo: RNZ…
Roundtable in US capital aims to help shape Parkinson’s care
A roundtable in the U.S. capital, hosted by the Parkinson’s Foundation, is aiming to find new ways to improve…
Doctors discover new potential treatment for condition that leaves sufferers’ hands painfully cold
Scientists have identified a possible cure for a condition that causes chronic cold hands and blights hundreds of…