COVID-19 is the third-leading cause of death in Canada, but it’s older people who are dying. That we accept this and carry on as if the pandemic is over reveals our ageism: We don’t value older people.
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During the 1918 flu pandemic, white people died at similar rates to Black Americans, according to a new study – a very different pattern than what occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were deaths from COVID and deaths with COVID – but other deaths are also likely linked to the virus’s impact on our health and our medical care.
A bear eats a teenager, and inherits his memories. An ageing woman writer buys a tower of her own – where she reimagines the crone from Rapunzel. Two inventive new books resonate with our reviewer.
Views on death and the afterlife vary from person to person and culture to culture. This course gives US Air Force cadets a broad perspective on mortality and its effects on people and society.
The worst effects are during high nighttime temperatures, something happening more often with climate change. Wildfires add to the risk.
Models shows that some 4 million people in the US have lost a grandparent to COVID-19. But until now, there has been a dearth of research into the mental health effects of losing a grandparent.
The public expects transparency about politicians’ earnings, but it’s not the only area where elite groups have an advantage.
The risk of dying changes over the course of a lifetime. Very high at birth, it falls and then gradually rises again… except for a peak after adolescence. Why such a statistical anomaly?
Around half of recent excess deaths in England have been directly from COVID.
Between May 2020 and early September 2021, over a quarter of a million more people have died from natural causes than was predicted for that time period.
While the figure of 10,000 steps a day has become a popular benchmark, new research finds we might not need to take quite so many strides to cut our chances of an early death.
Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days. That record will be broken this century, statistical models suggest.
The nice way to describe a new study suggesting lockdowns haven’t saved lives is that it’s ‘brave’.
‘One-size-fits-all’ weight loss advice could be inadvertently harmful to some patients.
The pandemic is bringing up tough new questions as parents and grandparents develop advance care plans. Here’s how to start the conversation.
An unprecedented level of research has gone into understanding the novel coronavirus. Here’s what we still don’t know.
The pandemic has exposed many of us to new statistical concepts, on the news, in everyday conversations and on social media. But how many are you getting wrong?
As modern medicine improves, so too does our ability to stave off disease. But can we overcome the most inescapable of afflictions - old age? Researchers around the world are trying to find out.
A team of researchers from Indiana University performed random testing for SARS-CoV-2 across the state. The results offer some of the most accurate data to date about important aspects of the virus.
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Honorary Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Susan Lawler is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
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Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University
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Professorial Research Fellow. School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at the Monash Health [Health and Social Care Unit], Monash University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Health Psychology and Director of Tobacco Studies, UCL
