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New Zealand children face ‘perfect storm’ of dangerous diseases as immunization rates drop

Routine childhood vaccinations have fallen so dramatically globally during the COVID-19 pandemic that the World Health Organization and UNICEF are sounding the alarm. Internationally, in 2021 alone, 25 million children will have missed out on life-saving vaccines. This is the largest sustained drop in childhood immunization in a generation. In Aotearoa, New Zealand, we are …

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Images from the Perth supercomputer after the violent death of the star in the first big test

“The goal of the capital upgrade was to really have a game-changing computational footprint for Western Australia,” Elahi said. “So we went from about a petabyte for the Australian research communities, as given by Pawsey, to, at the end of the full Setonix deployment, it will be about 50 petabytes.” The first stage of the …

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Anne Heche is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since the car accident

Anne Heche has not regained consciousness since shortly after crashing her car in Los Angeles on Friday. Initial reports on the actor’s condition said she was “stable” and firefighters said she had spoken to rescuers as they pulled her from the wreckage. However, on Monday a spokesman for Heche, 53, said: “Despite earlier reports that …

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A crushing blow from the Tribunal for the Blues as the skipper’s ban was upheld after lengthy deliberation

Patrick Cripps will miss the final two rounds of the regular season after an unsuccessful appeal to the AFL Tribunal over an allegation of brutal conduct. Carlton tried to argue that Cripps’ act – which left Callum Ah Chee shocked – was not a “hit” and was instead a pure contest. Cripps, giving evidence, insisted …

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Live Updates: Olivia Newton-John dies at 73; Tributes are pouring in for the Australian entertainment icon; Treasurer Matt Kean has been elected as the new deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party

By Marina Trajkovich03:12 Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said the report had identified “a number of risks” with the joining of police officers working within the CCC, including the risk of influencing the culture of the CCC and an overtly “police approach” to corruption investigations. Fentiman said that while the report identified that police officers should …

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FBI raids Trump’s compound as part of search for ‘classified’ documents.

The FBI targeted Donald Trump’s office and personal quarters as they raided his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, which may have been brought to Florida. say three people familiar with the situation. Trump, who confirmed the raid took place on …

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Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73: Tributes pour in after iconic Australian singer and actor dies

Tributes from Sydney Morning Herald i the age readers have started flooding in. Belinda, who is recovering from breast cancer, is due for a check-up today at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research and Wellness Centre. Olivia Newton-John leads the Cancer Wellness Walk in Melbourne, 2013 Credit: Wayne Taylor She said every time she visited the …

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