Death

Funeral cars carrying bodies leave the public school where two former students opened fire on March 13th, 2019, in Suzano, Brazil.

Researchers say knowing where fatal police interactions occur can help community leaders target programs aimed at reducing those deaths.

A mourner holds a candle for murdered Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz on January 17th, 2019, in Gdansk, Poland.

Overdoses on opioid drugs—including heroin, prescription painkillers, and certain street drugs—were the top cause of unintentional, preventable deaths in the United States in 2017.

A botched ocean funeral caused chaos in the Netherlands last week, but across the globe, sea burials are on the rise.

Search and rescue personnel carry a body bag containing remains of a passenger from Lion Air Flight 610 at the Tanjung Priok port on October 30th, 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Composed of several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, the sculpture honors those lost in World War I, which ended 100 years ago next month.

People pay homage to earthquake victims in Mexico City on September 19th, 2018, on the anniversary of two deadly earthquakes.

Three organizations collected reports from Puerto Ricans who believed their loved ones died as a result of Hurricane Maria but whose death certificates didn't indicate storm conditions as a cause of death.

This new death toll is more than twice as high as the estimates the Puerto Rican government released earlier this month.

Natural burials offer a greener alternative to traditional cemeteries, but Big Funeral is fighting back.

Ricardo A. Rosselló now admits that the toll "may be higher than the official count certified to date."

Conservation burials are one step beyond green burials, and may set aside a couple of square miles for wildlife a year.

New research suggests the surprising answer is "warts and all."

New research suggests threat-based instinctive reactions can be modified by a simple procedure.

Not necessarily, a new commentary argues.

A new study finds lower mortality rates among Hispanic women who drink chamomile tea as an herbal remedy.

The political economy of mass starvation, and why it is largely a thing of the past.

A study finds that grip strength is a stronger predictor of future health than blood pressure, though the reasons why remain unclear.

Their presence challenges fundamental defense mechanisms that protect people from fear of death.

Language barriers top the list of challenges doctors face with end-of-life conversations with patients from different ethnic backgrounds.

A new study finds thoughts of our mortality can make us more generous.

Confronting our mortality with vague metaphors, religious glosses, and computer analogies.

Botanists and forensic scientists developed the same theory in the late 19th century. They might have a lot to learn from each other, if they would talk to each other now.