The Cook Islands has reported the first dengue fever-related death of the current outbreak. The health ministry said an elderly patient with underlying conditions died in hospital on 2 February.

Northlander Josh Nicholson is urging fellow travellers to be aware of dengue fever after he contracted the sometimes-deadly ...

New Zealanders returning from tropical getaways in the Cook Islands are arriving home carrying the dengue virus, prompting ...

A clinician says dengue fever vaccines should be made available in New Zealand, as the Cook Islands reports a death from their current outbreak - an outbreak that has seen cases in Aotearoa grow too.

The heat is on in the kitchen of Chili’s Restaurant at the Bayside location in downtown, and not because of the restaurant’s namesake pepper. A Chili’s statement confirmed that a former cook at the ...