At the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, scientists look for ways to protect soldiers against various chemical and biological weapons they might encounter in combat.

Health officials are working to contain a measles outbreak in Christchurch. Four teenagers at Christchurch Boys' High School have caught the potentially lethal infection, with a fifth case suspected. The boys are all in isolation...

19-year-old Zachary Wilson was the first New Zealander to die from swine flu. The Hamilton teenager was one of three Kiwi patients whose deaths from the illness were revealed by health officials yesterday. Wilson, who had a...

Fair Go presenter Kevin Milne is battling a brain tumour which has taken him off air and left him fighting a "dreadful" lack of energy and enthusiasm. Although the tumour in the pituitary gland is benign, Milne may need surgery...

As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health. Only yesterday did Argentina's...