"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right."
George Orwell, from "1984"
August 27, 2016 - The maternal mortality rate in Texas doubled from 2010 to 2014
March 10, 2017 - Is US maternal mortality rising? Maybe not.
August 27, 2016 - The maternal mortality rate in Texas doubled from 2010 to 2014.
January 3, 2017 - the Rise in Mortality from Breast Cancer in Young Women: Trend Analysis in Brazil
There was a tendency of increased mortality from breast cancer in Brazilian women (average increase of 0.18 per year; p <0.001), with regional differences, particularly in the age group 20–49 years (0.07 per year; p <0.001). The age group 50–69 years remained constant but had high average rates (37.14).
February 7, 2017 - U.K. - Unexpected mental health deaths up 50% in three years
Unexpected deaths include death by suicide, neglect and misadventure.
The Department of Health said the increase was "expected" because of changes to the way deaths were recorded and investigated.
February 16, 2017 - U.K. - Health cuts most likely cause of major rise in mortality, study claims ...
February 17, 2017 - U.K. - Care cuts may have fuelled largest rise in death rates for 50 years
February 28, 2017 - Rise in Texas maternal deaths absent from legislative agenda
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