Category: deaths

Excess Mortality: Are COVID Measures to Blame for Thousands of Unexpected Weekly Deaths?

According to United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics, there were 10,232 total deaths registered in England and Wales for the week ending July 8, 2022. Among these deaths, 423 were recorded as involving COVID. As the pre-pandemic 5-year average was 9,304, 928 of these deaths, about 10 percent, were in excess of what would be…


Heat Related Deaths Across US Jump 56 Percent in the Past 4 Years

As summer heat waves continue driving temperatures into the triple digits across multiple U.S. states—creating dangerous conditions for residents and animals alike—researchers are sounding alarm bells over a significant spike in heat deaths in the past decade. One study published in June revealed deaths caused by excessively hot temperatures soared 56 percent between 2018 and 2021. Last…


Bodies of 2 Teenage Kayakers Recovered in Montana Lake

SWAN LAKE, Mont.—Search teams have recovered the bodies of two teenagers who went missing after their kayak capsized in a lake in northwestern Montana last week, officials said Monday. The girl’s body was recovered Sunday afternoon in 86 feet of water in Swan Lake, Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said. The boy’s body was located…


Shanghai Resident Films Bodies Being Taken From Aged Care Facility, Exposing ‘Zero Death’ Lie of the Chinese Regime

Many elderly people have died in aged care facilities amid a recent outbreak of COVID-19, known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, in Shanghai. However, the authorities have not reported a single death so far. Video footage provided by a resident showed people in white protective gear taking bagged bodies from a building to…


Shanghai Resident Films Bodies Being Taken From Aged Care Facility Amid Mounting Reports of COVID-19 Deaths

Many elderly people have died in aged care facilities amid a recent outbreak of COVID-19, known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, in Shanghai. However, the authorities have not reported a single death so far. Video footage provided by a resident showed people in white protective gear taking bagged bodies from a building to…


7 Charged in Deaths of 2 Fellow Inmates at Prison in Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas—Seven inmates have been charged with killing two fellow prisoners and wounding two others during a January attack at a federal prison in Texas that led to a nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system. The 15-count indictment filed this week includes charges of racketeering, murder, and attempted murder against Juan Carolos Rivas-Moreiera; Dimas…


Swiss Police Investigating Deaths of French Family in Montreux

MONTREUX, Switzerland—Four members of a French family died in the Swiss resort of Montreux on Thursday, and a fifth is in a serious condition, after they fell from the 7th floor of their apartment building, police said. The Vaud cantonal police said they were still investigating, but have ruled out there being another person in…


Nearly Three-Quarters of US Counties Saw Spike in Deaths in 2021, Census Data Show

Nearly three-quarters of counties in the United States experienced a spike in deaths last year, according to newly released Census data. More than 73 percent (2,297) of U.S. counties experienced a “natural decrease” in 2021, up from 45.5 percent in 2019 and 55.5 percent in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s…


Nearly 400 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Since Taliban Takeover, UN Says

GENEVA—Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80 percent of them by a group affiliated to ISIS, a U.N. report shows, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers. It is the first major human rights report since the terrorist group Taliban seized…


Greece: More Bodies Found on Burned-Out Ferry, Deaths at 8

ATHENS, Greece—Fire Service rescuers in western Greece have discovered six more bodies on a ferry severely damaged by a fire en route to Italy last week, raising the death toll to eight. Authorities said the bodies were found on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia Thursday and Friday during an extensive search of the vessel that is…