Professor Michael Baker says monkeypox is 'nothing like Covid-19' and has 'good outcomes'.

Yesterday a computer glitch caused case numbers to be overcounted by more than 4000.

Health officials fear tonight's rugby test in Dunedin could become a superspreader event.

Hospitals are battling a perfect storm of Covid and resurgent winter bugs. What are they?

More than 4200 cases were incorrectly added to today's total after a computer glitch.

UN officials have called on better-resourced countries to help tackle the ongoing pandemic by assisting vaccination efforts globally. Video / AP

The discussion between the two leaders has reflected a 'reset' in relations.

New mutations including most contagious yet are causing infection numbers to explode.

Two-thirds of reinfections have happened between 1-3 months after a first infection.

Cases had been sitting around 5000 a day. Now the weekly rolling average has hit 8013.

New research suggests behaviour-based therapies can help ease the suffering of millions.

She was one of the most popular screen stars of the 2000s before she seemingly vanished.

An Australian nutritionist has shared five foods that will support your immune system.

Two people in NSW are feared to have caught monkeypox through local transmission.

How bad do things have to become for the alert levels to change?

Average wait times for medical care doubles as winter illnesses hit clinics.

Staff at Porirua facility feared poor conditions would lead to "serious injury or death".

Napier and Hastings councils are tightening up smoking rules.

Vaping among Maori teens is the same as smoking rates 20 years ago.

Health NZ says Middlemore's under-pressure emergency department is continuing to adapt.

Newly released DHB documents show earthquake risks and escalating health demands.

Type of cancer normally found in people over 65 left the real estate agent in 'disbelief'.

Covid-19 cases back on the rise, more staff hired to fill surge in passport demand and more details revealed of Chicago Independence Day Parade mass shooting in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Researchers reveal new evidence that overcrowded homes raise acute rheumatic fever risk.

'I certainly won't rule out going back into red within the next few weeks,' expert says.

A new Omicron subvariant has been detected in New Zealand for the first time.

Māori and Pacific Islanders' participation in bowel cancer screening is lower overall.

Schools across the country are struggling to find enough staff amid the latest wave.