The New York Times investigation, first part of which was released on Monday, draws on over 1,311 casualty assessment reports that were previously kept under wraps by the Pentagon. Having reviewed the files and visited “nearly 100 casualties sites” in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, the Times reported that the US …
Read More »Cause of deaths at Travis Scott festival revealed
Ten festival attendees aged between nine and 27 were asphyxiated by a stampede, which injured another 300 people on November 5; 50,000 people attended the festival and many of the victims found themselves crushed against the weight of the crowd. One of the 10 people killed also had cocaine, methamphetamine, …
Read More »Deaths feared after suspected arson in Osaka building
A fire consumed the commercial building – which houses a mental health clinic, among other businesses – near the busy Kitashinchi train station on Friday, and photos show the windows of the fourth floor broken and burned. A spokesperson for Osaka Police told AFP that the tragedy was possibly the …
Read More »Biden overtakes Trump on Covid-19 deaths
While the exact figures are difficult to pin down, the tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Wednesday showed the deaths of 802,014 Americans have been linked to the virus since the start of the pandemic. The same counter stood at 400,000 on the eve of Biden’s inauguration …
Read More »Stark new projections for Europe’s winter Covid deaths revealed
Around half of the 53 nations comprising the WHO’s European Region could face a period of “high or extreme stress” when it comes to hospital beds this winter, the UN health watchdog said on Tuesday. The agency added that in all but four of them, intensive care units would likely …
Read More »WATCH: Doorbell cam shows Waukesha parade deaths suspect in moments before arrest
In the video, captured on November 21 and obtained by NBC, Brooks can be seen on a porch in a t-shirt, shivering. He tells the owner of the home he is waiting for an Uber. “Can you call it for me please? I’m homeless,” Brooks tells the resident, Daniel Rider, …
Read More »Explosions at factory near Belgrade, deaths & injuries reported
Photos and footage purportedly of the scene show huge clouds of white smoke billowing over the site, with a number of smaller blasts reported after an initial larger explosion. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »BBC reveals whether surge in deaths in mental health units was due to Covid
Some 490 people died in England between March 2020 and March 2021 while detained under the Mental Health Act, the broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the data from the latest report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). According to BBC, average annual death toll among psychiatric ward patients between 2012 …
Read More »Drug overdose deaths in US hit all-time record
Some 100,306 Americans lost their lives to drug overdoses in the 12 months leading up to April 2021, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Opioids were responsible for just over three-quarters of these deaths, with synthetic opioids – including fentanyl, a drug 50 …
Read More »JHU data shows Covid pandemic deaths surpass 5 MILLION worldwide as concern grows over the spread of the virus ahead of winter
As of Monday, the number of Covid-linked deaths recorded around the world hit 5,001,991 globally in JHU’s data, with over 246.8 million cases having been confirmed since the viral pandemic’s first case was reported. The US continues to hold the highest fatality record of any country, with close to 740,000 …
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