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Changes To ADHD Prescribing Rules From 1 February 2026
New Zealand maintains a comprehensive respiratory surveillance system
We Care: building evidence for safer abortion services
Can dengue outbreaks be predicted before they happen? Inside global study tackling a disease that puts nearly half the world at risk
Updated Designated Audit Agency Handbook Published
Aged Care Advisory Group appointed
Canterbury – Waitaha Mental Health Services monitoring update
Bridging research and policy to achieve progress on NCDs, gender equity, and UHC
Publication of Global Burden of Disease Estimates for Māori
Learning on TAP: improving access to assistive technology in Tanzania
Pruning the paperwork so hemp sector can bloom
Amendments To Specified Prescription Medicines Lists
Ministry of Health proposes slashing top public health experts
Update: Mental Health And Wellbeing Strategy
Changes Ahead For Health Research Funding
Toward Better Life Guided By Mental Wellbeing
World AIDS Day: Progress on HIV celebrated today, more work to be done 
Your risk of catching COVID is at its lowest since 2020 – but here’s why you should still get boosted for Christmas
Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life and Life Expectancy
Australia Endorses Belém Health Action Plan
Shoalhaven residents urged to learn the F.A.S.T. signs of stroke
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
NSW latest illegal tobacco stores shut down in Illawarra and Riverina
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week: Act Now to Protect Our Present and Secure Our Future
New Zealand bans puberty blockers for children — Family First urges Australian politicians to find the courage to protect kids
New safeguards for puberty blocker prescribing
Notice Of Office Of Radiation Safety For Holiday Closedown Period 2025/2026
New Zealand Health Survey highlights long-term decline in smoking rates
New Zealand Health Survey helps inform better health services for New Zealanders
Leadership engagement growing for evidence-based traditional medicine ahead of 2nd WHO Summit in New Delhi, India
WHO and Brazil urge swift action on Belém Health Action Plan at COP30
Investing in primary health care in Ethiopia: a joint technical workshop
Studies call for state accountability for state harms 
Ministry of Health working with FACSNZ to raise awareness of Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome
Uniting Pacific Islands Against Mosquitoes In Honiara
Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
New penalty for landlords permitting illicit tobacco and vapes
NSW new new penalty for landlords permitting illicit tobacco and vapes
Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better
Protecting New Zealand from infectious disease
Minns Labor Government begins illegal tobacconist shut down
NSW new minns Labor Government begins illegal tobacconist shut down
WHO condemns killings of patients and civilians amid escalating violence in El Fasher, Sudan
Elevated Measles Risk – Get Protected Before You Travel
Inclusive Living: Model Project With Positive Effect
Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
Spotlight On Traditional Medicine At World Health Summit 2025
New Science Funding Decision Maker Announced