The New Zealand city of Christchurch on Feb. 22 marks the 13th anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake that claimed 185 lives, with some bereaved families still seeking justice over structural deficiencies blamed for the collapse of a building where over a hundred died.
The WSWS spoke with Maan Alkaisi, a spokesman for the families of some of the 115 people who died in the collapse of the poorly constructed CTV building. Twelve years on, no one has been held accountable for this avoidable tragedy.
In a nationwide cohort study, Ipek Gurol-Urganci and colleagues study obstetric intervention rates and pregnancy outcomes in England during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.