7,971 source-backed health facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 21 of 80.
“The World Health Organization says 19 people have become ill, including 10 who have died, since early February in a remote village in northern Gabon.”
“there were 79 recorded suicides between 2005 and 2007 in the county - excluding Telford and Wrekin.”
“The boy died 17 days after his hospital admission, with no relevant medical history such as allergies, recent illness contacts, tick bites or overseas travel. Testing confirmed their fears, with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency identify…”
“A recent study from Yale University found that deaths associated with high temperatures nearly doubled in the US over the past two decades, from an annual average of 2,670 between 2000 and 2009, to more than 4,000 between 2010 and 2020.”
“I am looking forward to "being released from my shame" when she and other campaigners get a state apology.”
“there is strong evidence that taking estrogen hormone pills offers protection against heart attacks and strokes in postmenopausal women”
“This was down from a peak of 96 recorded between 2001 and 2003.”
“His death is only one of 28 rabies fatalities recorded in Canada in the last century.”
“New York emergency departments say they’re preparing to handle an increase in patients with acute heat illnesses in the coming days.”
“In particular, so many were taken without our knowledge and in my own instance, I went to see my baby on the eighth day because I was told I could have him for 10 and they said: ‘Oh no, he’s gone now. You were getting far too close’.”
“The study found that there was a 46 percent reduction in the rate of death from all causes in these women”
“A post-mortem examination was inconclusive and further tests will be required to establish a cause of death, police said.”
“According to findings published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the fatal encounter occurred during a family holiday at a cottage in Ontario, Canada, in 2024.”
“Erik Blutinger, an emergency medicine physician at Mount Sinai Queens, says the hospital is stocking up on towels, fans, and other supplies to make sure patients with heat sickness can be adequately treated.”
“Seven were rushed to hospitals in Columbus, with two transported by helicopter. Wilson revealed that one child remained in a critical condition on Tuesday while others were admitted for treatment.”
“This one raised more than $17,000. That helped retire more than $2.2 million in debt.”
“Officers said he was of athletic build, 6ft 4in tall and wore a hooded sweatshirt and dark-blue tracksuit bottoms.”
“The boy's first symptoms emerged nearly three weeks after the initial exposure, developing facial numbness and swelling, prompting his family to seek emergency care.”
““Anybody who has an altered mental status who is hot, that is an indicator that they may be critically ill,” says Reed Caldwell, chief of service at Tisch Hospital’s emergency department, part of NYU Langone Health.”
“Nationwide, an estimated 100 million adults have some form of healthcare debt.”
“The 41-year-old victim was taken to hospital with a bullet wound but his injuries were not said to be life-threatening, police said.”
“back-to-back hospital visits only brought further incorrect diagnoses. The family urgently returned one day after weakness spread across the right side of his face, where the child then deteriorated dramatically while awaiting admission - …”
“More than half of U.S. adults have had such debt at some point in their lives.”
“broken both legs”
“The boy died 17 days after his hospital admission”
“The church's first campaign, in 2022, set a goal of raising $5,000 to retire about $500,000 in unpaid medical bills...”
“The 67-year-old man”
“His death is only one of 28 rabies fatalities recorded in Canada in the last century”
“The campaign hit its goal in just six weeks...”
“A five-year-old boy”
“Testing confirmed their fears, with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency identifying a bat rabies virus variant”
“Terri Mabe, 70, has also seen medical debt up close.”
“An 18-year-old suffered a broken jaw”
“while awaiting admission - with his temperature spiking to 39C”
“Then you get sick. Next thing you know, you owe $5,000, $10,000 that you cannot pay.”
“The 18-year-old man, who was punched in the face, underwent surgery at Southampton General Hospital”
“Once symptoms manifest, rabies infection proves 'almost universally fatal', the journal report states”
“estimated as high as 8 times the national average”
“Michaels was admitted to hospital on 23 April”
“half of her students suffer from asthma”
“He was discharged from hospital on 5 May”
“the South Bronx has one of the country's highest asthma rates: estimated as high as 8 times the national average.”
“He has increased his rehabilitation sessions to twice a day in preparation for his comeback”
“One child died”
“there were 79 recorded suicides between 2005 and 2007 in the county”
“50 more were made sick”
“down from a peak of 96 recorded between 2001 and 2003”
“University of Pennslyvania survey of 852 intensive care nurses”
“A 37-year-old man working on a small stock car in Worcestershire was taken to hospital with burns after fuel in the machine caught fire.”
“16% of whom say they participated in euthanasia or assisted suicide”
“The accident happened in Buckle Street in Honeybourne, on Tuesday evening.”
“died late yesterday at age 53.”
“A man who suffered stab wounds has been taken to hospital in Blackpool, where he is in a stable condition.”
“more than 10% of the cases of AIDS in this country occurs in people over 50 years of age.”
“The incident was declared at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on Tuesday after it experienced "unprecedented demand". It was stood down at 17:00 BST on Wednesday. At one point, 127 patients were waiting in A&E with some waiting up to 24…”
“500,000 American deaths a year are attributed to cigarette, alcohol and drug use.”
“The internal staff email reported that ambulances had been unable to offload patients promptly and at one point, there were 15 waiting outside the emergency department with more expected.”
“The force of it threw her forty feet, severly damaged part of her nervous system, and sent her into a "solitary limbo."”
“The incident was declared at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on Tuesday after it experienced "unprecedented demand". It was stood down at 17:00 BST on Wednesday. At one point, 127 patients were waiting in A&E with some waiting up to 24…”
“The study, published today in the journal Nature, shows that normal levels of indoor light, not just bright light, can reset the human biological clock.”
“The recent YouGov survey revealed only 17% of the UK public identified the risk of PTSD in non-combat military roles - such as a driver, photographer or chaplain.”
“$1.4-billion AIDS research program”
“Former Padre Mark Christian, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, said the incident during the Iraq War in 2003 had left him traumatised, but he felt he was not entitled to be because he was in a pastoral role.”
“She then lived nine more years.”
“PTSD does not go away on its own, it requires specialist treatment and support from those with knowledge and understanding of what veterans have experienced.”
“In 1980 they used the proceeds from the book to open the Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope Hospice in Newton, New Jersey.”
“They first held Dementia Disco events in 2019... The association became a charity in 2024 and now has eight groups across England.”
“to approximately 1000 HIV-infected people”
“Nick has just completed a 24-hour dance-a-thon event, when he danced for 31-miles (50km) between all eight Life Leisure centres in Stockport, raising about £1,700 for the charity.”
“only five percent of consumer injuries resulting from damaged products (not including automobiles) trigger lawsuits.”
“Nick said the discos were free for people with dementia and their families or carers to attend, taking place in the early evening and including a free meal.”
“the proposal would save an additional 20 thousand lives a year by reducing the number of people who develop respiratory diseases like asthma”
“They first held Dementia Disco events in 2019 [...] The association became a charity in 2024 and now has eight groups across England.”
“the 1993 book Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament”
“Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) have been selected to be part of the trial to test if iron injected into the vein improves heart failure symptoms and improves ability to exercise. They will wear a smart…”
“her own 30-year battle with manic-depression in the new memoir, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness”
“Digital Jersey has spent £200,000 on the trial through its Impact Jersey Fund.”
“Despite the 3.5 billion dollars that this country spends on substance abuse prevention programs in the nation's schools”
“The patients enrolled in our trial tend to be quite elderly so in their 70s, 80s and even in their 90s.”
“drug use is going up sharply among teenagers...especially marijuana and cigarette use among young teens aged 13 and 14”
“A hospice has become the only one in the north of England to have a "cuddle bed" in every room. St Leonard's in York took delivery of five cuddle beds after successfully fundraising £75,000. The hospice now has 14 of the specially adapted …”
“the youngest patients are 11, and the oldest patients are 80.”
“St Leonard's in York took delivery of five cuddle beds after successfully fundraising £75,000.”
“Josh Cutler is a sixteen year old living in Manhattan who has Tourette Syndrome...”
“The beds are adjustable to make them wider than traditional hospice beds and cost around £20,000 each.”
“estimated as high as 8 times the national average.”
“Oxfordshire-based Montcalm Care, which supplies the cuddle beds, said it had seen a 50% increase in orders in 2025 from hospices across the UK.”
“half of her students suffer from asthma.”
“Washbourne is also founder of the not-for-profit mental health service, Ordinary Magic, and said more than half the young people referred to them had poor mental health because of what they had experienced online, from bullying to social m…”
“One year ago, he was given a baboon marrow transplant in an attempt to restore his immune system.”
“Across London's eight prisons there are currently 115 Listener volunteers - prisoners trained by the Samaritans to provide emotional, and often life-saving support.”
“Glaxo-Wellcome is keeping the AIDS drug 15-92 off the market because it wants to maximize its profits for the old AIDS drug AZT.”
“Last year, 79 people died by suicide in prison custody in England and Wales. It's a fall from the 90 self-inflicted deaths recorded in 2024”
“Psychologist MARY PIPHER has worked mostly with teenage girls for over ten years.”
“HMP Norwich reported three suicides in the space of six weeks in 2008. David had been working with two of the men who died.”
“Eva Mortimer-Maibeth is a 10-year who went to work with her mother Claire Mortimor who is a nurse practitioner at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco.Eva was one of a hundred children who toured the hospital today.”
“Jay later signed up to be a Listener himself, becoming one of a team of ten in HMP Isis in south-east London, trusted to have free movement around the prison, working around the clock to help those in crisis.”
“Anderson described the Listener scheme as a 'low cost substitute for professional psychological care'.”
“The four listeners working across the 680-prisoner site were the only people allowed to leave their cells. "I didn't get any sleep, we were going from one prisoner to another to another, working around the clock.”
“Our security teams patrolling the grounds will move smokers on, but they have other roles within the hospitals and are not on permanent duty outside our entrances to monitor smoking.”
