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US police blame some deaths on ‘excited delirium.’ Emergency physicians consider formally disavowing the diagnosis healthcare.emergency Article 1540 words 19 votes
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Two deaths attributed to Nipah virus in Kerala India, fourth outbreak since 2018 Article 3616 words 12 votes
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A political gap in excess deaths in the USA widened after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, study says medicine Article 813 words 36 votes
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Why suicide rates are dropping around the world ~health.mental Article 1816 words, published May 12 2023 7 votes
Finland is the European country with the highest proportion of under 25s dying from drugs Article 403 words 6 votes
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Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths gripping Britain is only tip of the iceberg healthcare Article 395 words, published Aug 18 2022 6 votes
Did Sweden's controversial COVID strategy pay off? In many ways it did – but it let the elderly down healthcare Article 965 words 10 votes
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After record COVID-19 deaths, Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop "whining" Article 503 words, published Mar 5 2021 14 votes
Denmark's plans to cull seventeen million mink is facing legal obstacles after the government admitted it did not have a legal basis for the order Article 226 words 10 votes
Danish veterinarians and farmers have begun culling at least 2.5 million minks in northern Denmark after coronavirus has been reported in at least sixty-three farms Article 426 words 6 votes
One man's COVID-19 death raises the worst fears of many people with disabilities healthcare Article 2335 words 6 votes
Sweden has the highest proportion of drug-related deaths in the European Union, with eighty-one cases per one million citizens – nearly four times higher than the EU average Link 11 votes
Victoria records Australia's first coronavirus death in over a month, as cases in Vic rise by twenty yesterday and the state's reproduction number climbs to 2.5 Article 161 words 8 votes
An Indian healer who kissed hands to cure coronavirus died of coronavirus: So far, 20 people who came in close contact with him tested positive, making the Indian state of Madhya Pradesha a hotspot Article 432 words 9 votes