The mundanity and insanity of gun death in America
Findings point to improvements in organ transplants and raise questions over nature of death
The coronavirus remains new enough and its long-term effects unpredictable enough that measuring the threat posed by an infection is a thorny problem. How people perceive risk is subjective.
Untreated disease, violence, exposure, overdoses and car strikes are all added hazards of living on the streets. The number of Americans dying while homeless has surged dramatically in the past five years.
The U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal since the early 1900s — even surpassing the calamity of the 1918 flu pandemic.
New research shows that July may have been the deadliest month for young adults in modern American history.
A new statistic shows that health-care workers are running out of space to treat COVID-19 patients.
The upward redistribution of income has cost Americans workers $50 trillion over the past several decades. On average, extreme inequality is costing the median income full-time worker about $42,000 a year.
We are all Roy Batty. All of our moments will be lost, like tears in rain…but weren’t they extraordinary moments?
The prescription, he argues in "Being Mortal," is to rethink our priorities for the dying—and give 'em something to live for.
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