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Covid becomes equal leading cause of death in New Zealand for first time

Analysis shows almost 15% of deaths in mid-July were due to Covid, with that figure likely to be an undercount

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2022

New hope for children at risk of New Zealand’s most iniquitous disease

Potentially deadly, rheumatic fever has been eradicated in most of the developed world. Fresh research may help New Zealand finally follow suit

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7, 2022

Habitual mask-wearing is likely helping Japan, Singapore and South Korea bring daily Omicron deaths down, epidemiologists say

There is "a really quite important cultural difference" in Asia that epidemiologists suggest is having a dramatic impact on their daily rate of COVID-19 deaths.

ABC News · Jul 31, 2022

State worker charged in DUI crash that decapitated woman

Adriana Roman faces counts of aggravated DUI causing death and reckless homicide in the crash shortly after midnight Monday in the 3400 block of South California Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 20, 2022

The ‘zero-Covid’ approach got bad press, but it worked – and it could work again

The places that chose to pursue elimination suffered less overall. Unfortunately, few had the determination to do so, says science writer Laura Spinney

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022

Skokie man charged after cops find over $100,000 in drugs, cash at home

Officers searched 26-year-old Said Mahdi’s home Friday and uncovered $42,150 in cash, along with cocaine, cannabis, opioid painkillers and Xanax. Mahdi emigrated from Iraq during the U.S. occupation of the country.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 27, 2022

Analysts Cut BJ's Wholesale Club Price Target Post Q4 Results

Analysts slashed their price target on BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE:BJ) following the release of Q4 results. Credit Suisse analyst Robert Moskow lowered the price target to $70 from $80 and kept an Outperform rating on the shares, implying a 24% upside. Moskow thinks the pullback in the stock after weak Q4 results is an…

Benzinga · Mar 4, 2022

New Zealand ends isolation rules for vaccinated travellers from Australia as transmission rates soar

Change comes as NZ, virus-free for much of pandemic, records some of world’s highest transmission rates amid Omicron surge

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022

As Omicron rages around the world, Ardern deploys an old tactic - delay

Jacinda Ardern says Omicron is ‘knocking at our door’ as the prime minister faces criticism over gaps in preparations for a Covid wave

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2022