WHO recalled that on 31 December 2019, its Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of “viral pneumonia” in the city.

The 48-year-old man who escaped Corrections custody at Waikato Hospital on 23 December has now been arrested. He was located early this morning at an Oparau address and taken into custody without ...

The bill also establishes actions to strengthen national public policy on childhood and adolescence, including measures to ...

“This is absolutely the wrong path,” Mr. Türk said, urging the de facto authorities to reconsider what he described as a “ deeply discriminatory decree. ” Since coming to power, Afghanistan’s de facto ...

The violence comes after the top court in Mozambique confirmed on 23 December that the ruling Frelimo party won the disputed presidential election held in October, sparking protests. The southern ...

Meanwhile, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that heavy rainfall on Monday worsened the situation of displaced families along Gaza's shoreline, particularly in ...

A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office found that Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, pushed the healthcare system to the brink of ...

Associate Health Minister with responsibility for Pharmac David Seymour is pleased to see Pharmac continue to increase availability of medicines for Kiwis with the government’s largest ever investment ...

In a letter dated 26 December, the de facto Ministry of Economy ordered national and international NGOs to comply with a decree issued two years ago which bars them from employing Afghan women.

A homicide investigation has been launched after an incident at a Hamilton address overnight that has left one person dead and three others seriously injured. Emergency services were called shortly ...

The BNZ Breakers have rung in the New Year in style, snapping their losing streak with an emphatic 92-68 road win over Cairns Taipans. In their first of five matches without leader Parker ...

Two animals died at rodeo events yesterday: A bull at Te Anau and a horse at Rerewhakaaitu. Today as the Warkworth Rodeo takes place, animal rights organisation Direct Animal Action will reinforce its ...