Vaccines

As the country's measles outbreak continues, parents and GP practices are expressing frustration as stock runs out and vaccinations have to be cancelled. The outbreak is acute in Auckland, where… Audio

Auckland medical clinics are running out of measles vaccines as they scramble to keep up with ballooning demand for immunisations.

The country's worst outbreak in more than two decades has seen the… Video, Audio

An Auckland High school has been accused of spreading misinformation about vaccines during a year 12 English class - but the school says the discussion was part of a project aimed at building critical… Audio

Parents of children who haven't been vaccinated for measles in Canterbury are being advised to keep them at home. It comes as the region grapples with an outbreak of the contagious virus - which has… Audio

As the measles outbreak in Canterbury hits 25, there's a warning that some New Zealanders might not be as immune to the disease as they think are. Health officials are estimating that up to… Audio

A Canterbury mother of an 8-month-old who is too young to be immunised against measles is calling anti-vaxers the ugliest form of privilege. George Cullen says she's angry people would chose to put… Video, Audio

Nine thousand extra doses of a measles vaccine are due to arrive in Canterbury tomorrow as the number of confirmed cases rises to 25. Medical officer of health Dr Ramon Pink joins Checkpoint live. Audio

Family doctors have run out of supplies of a meningitis vaccine amid rising worry about the nasty meningococcal W strain in Northland. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports. Audio

Whangarei mother Rowshae Albert has been pushing for a nationwide vaccination programme after her daughter Alexis died from the disease earlier this year. She told Lisa Owen she's overwhelmed at news… Video, Audio

Health dangers a bit close to home. Australians have ben warned about travelling to Bali with a spike in cases of Japanese encephalitis, a deadly mosquito-borne brain disease. And Indonesia also seems… Audio

Two companies have been contracted to trial drones that could one day fly vaccines to children in remote parts of Vanuatu. Audio

An anti-vaccination billboard in South Auckland has been taken down just days after going up, after the Advertising Standards Authority received 140 complaints. Were the decision and process up to… Audio

The latest Ministry of Health figures show 73 schools have refused to take part in the free school HPV immunisation programme, which protects against cervical and genital cancers and some forms of… Audio

'The Vaccine Race' is a history of our fight against viral diseases. In the book, journalist Meredith Wadman tells the story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that remains important to this… Audio

The fight against antibiotic resistance is a fight against evolution, and sadly it's not a war we're ever going to win. Our approach so far has been to kill the bad bugs, waging a war on pathogens… Audio

One of the most successful vaccines of modern times is the HPV vaccine, Gardasil - now used in 130 countries. It has halved the number of new cervical cancers. Professor Ian Frazer was the co-inventor… Audio