mortality
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In recent years, the “Good Wife” and “Shrinking” actor has contemplated on his mortality, telling “CBS News Sunday Morning” in 2023 that he doesn’t see himself making it to 80.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Studies after that conflict concluded the damage hampered efforts to purify water and contributed to infant mortality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Loss of the Y chromosome has been tied to worse outcomes from COVID, which may help explain why men have higher mortality rates.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Research has shown health workers had higher excess mortality in the first year of the pandemic than other workers.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Along the way, he also worked out and published the first tables of human mortality, the scientific basis on which life-insurance premiums are calculated.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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