A recent UN study reported that homicide rates in North America, Europe and Asia have been declining for last 15 years, and wars have also become less deadly when compared to conflicts in the 20th century.
In 1993, the measles virus was more neurotropic (there were many cases of deadly encephalitis) compared to the virus strain from 2011-2012.
Today, four out of five children around the world are vaccinated against deadly diseases, compared to only 20 per cent just over 30 years ago.
Those included the disclosure yesterday that Boston Scientific had quietly told federal regulators this summer that new analysis of the company's accumulating safety data found that patients using its best-selling Taxus stent had a slightly greater but statistically clear risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots compared with older stent designs.
In Ferguson, Mo.; Staten Island, N.Y.; and Cleveland, officers' actions just before the use of deadly force are compared with the perceived threat posed by a suspect.
July was less deadly, with 20 deaths, compared with six in Iraq.
The story picked up steam with the recent death of a tourist who fell down the stairs at the Taj Mahal while trying to snap a selfie, bringing the tally up to 12. Mashable created an infographic to illustrate how much deadlier careless selfies are compared to shark attacks.
The level of unstaged disease was greater in more lethal cancers (e.g., liver, esophagus, and pancreas) compared with less deadly cancers (i.e., colon, urinary bladder, and female breast).
YOU know a market has seen better days when some of its leading actors are compared to a deadly virus.
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have been brilliant hosts for the Golden Globes – and that event itself has started in recent years itself to look sharper, smarter, more intimate: a cool revue-type show, compared to the deadly serious Oscars in a cavernous theatre.
