Death
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US
Some Key Facts About Fentanyl
It’s lowering American life expectancy and influencing the nation’s politics.
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News
Why Is America Such a Deadly Place?
Death is excessive in America, and the more you look the more distressing the picture seems. You’ve probably heard about…
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News
I Thought We Learned Mandatory Minimums Don’t Solve Drug Epidemics
Stories of narcotics-related death and debasement flooded the media. Politicians stoked panic about marijuana. Parents feared that teenagers would tip…
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Food
Flipping a Switch and Making Cancers Self-Destruct
Researchers at Stanford devised a strange new molecule that could lead to drugs that arm genes and make cancers work…
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News
Cheetah Deaths in India Mar Reintroduction Efforts
The animals had been extinct for more than 70 years in the country, which has just begun a program that…
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US
Oklahoma Panel Declines to Spare Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip
Recent investigations have cast doubt on his conviction for arranging the 1997 murder of a motel owner. His execution is…
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World
Singapore Hangs Man for Conspiring to Traffic 2 Pounds of Cannabis
Human rights groups called the punishment far too severe and raised questions about due process.
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World
Covid Was Bad in New York City. See How Bad on a 200-Year Timeline.
New Yorkers’ life span dropped by 4.6 years in 2020 from the previous year. Health officials say it may take…
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Food
AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows
A new analysis examined deaths in Britain, where the company’s product was restricted in 2021 because of safety concerns.
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News
What Does It Mean to Be Ready to Die?
Nine years ago, near the end of my residency training, I sat across from a patient, wondering whether he’d accepted…