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Swine flu has claimed 16 lives this winter, and a further 14 people are fighting it in intensive care units.The sixteenth person to die was a 50-year-old man who suffered from underlying health conditions and died at Auckland...

Taxpayer funding of an expensive lung-cancer drug which has produced amazing, life-saving results for some patients will be announced today.The Herald understands the Government drug funding agency Pharmac will, from October...

Taking a daily Tarceva tablet has given Trudi Hirzel at least two years of life that were probably going to be snatched away from her by lung cancer.Mrs Hirzel, 61, of Kawakawa in Northland, a non-smoker for the past 28 years,...