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

This has prompted many of us in preventive cardiology to question how well cardiovascular disease prevention is working if mortality is so high.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Segal never loses her equipoise, or her sense of humor, in these most extreme confrontations with mortality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

To illustrate some of the arguments, we have spoken with two women who have been confronted with their own mortality and want to influence the debate in fundamentally different ways.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Insecticides gave good control of flies in 1950 and during this same year the infant mortality rate was reduced by nearly 50 per cent.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson