Tag Archives: death

Funeral Home Stocks Surge, Death and Disability Payouts Soar

Business is booming at funeral homes across the U.S., as death rates creep up, particularly among young, working-age individuals.1 Ex-Blackrock fund manager Ed Dowd has been analyzing data about mortality rates before and after COVID-19 shots became widespread, and found that death rates worsened in 2021 — after the shots became prevalent — compared to… Read More »

Meningococcal death in Adelaide

A 69-year-old man has died in an Adelaide hospital after becoming ill with meningococcal disease. South Australian Health said the man had been infected with the serotype W strain. “Multiple people who had close contact with the man have been identified, and one person has been directed to receive clearance antibiotics,” health authorities said in… Read More »

Death, Taxes — and Paperwork

By KIM BELLARD Tuesday, in case you missed it, was the deadline for filing your 2020 federal taxes (it was postponed  from its usual April 15 date due to “the unusual circumstances related to the pandemic”).  Nothing, Benjamin Franklin famously said, is certain but death and taxes, but if you live in the United States,… Read More »

Weight-reduction surgery for severely obese adults may prevent second heart attack, death

People with severe obesity (BMI >35) and a prior heart attack who undergo weight-reduction surgery may lower their risk of a second heart attack, major cardiovascular event, heart failure and death compared to people with similar medical histories who did not have weight-reduction surgery, according to new research published today in Circulation, the flagship journal… Read More »