A Closer Look at the Death Toll of 2020
The virus — and our response to it — claimed many lives. A new study examines last year’s ‘deaths of despair.’
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Austrian Court Creates Right to Assisted Suicide
An Austrian court has said that committing suicide is a right of “self determination” and that obtaining help is part of that right.
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 250,000
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, at least 1,707 people died from the coronavirus on Tuesday.
Suicide M.D. Conducts Human Experiments in Making People Dead
A headline in the Mercury News about assisted suicide exclaims: “How Doctors are Fixing How We Die.”
Don’t Confuse COVID-19 Deaths with Lockdown Deaths
Deaths caused by people blocked from needed health care should not be labeled COVID-19 deaths. They are more appropriately tagged “lockdown deaths.”
Coronavirus Update: Monday Death Toll Lowest in Three Weeks
The decline in coronavirus cases is likely due to a combination of decreased transmission and lower testing numbers.
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 50,000
16,000 of those coronavirus deaths have occurred in New York, one of the hardest hit states with more than 260,000 cases.
Fifteen Things That Caught My Eye Today (Easter Friday, April 17, 2020)
Fifteen stories that caught my eye today, related to the coronavirus, religion, and culture.
Beijing Admits to Undercounting Coronavirus Deaths, Raises Wuhan Death Toll by 50 Percent
In an interview Friday with the Xinhua state news agency, officials pointed to unreported deaths at homes as the reason for the revision.
Coronavirus Pandemic Reaches 2 Million Cases Worldwide
The worldwide death count has surpassed 128,000, while more than 500,000 people have recovered. The U.S. accounts for approximately 30 percent of global cases.