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A silent epidemic of grief

01 Mar 2021

Major changes in bereavement care have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a flood of demand for help from bereaved people, according to new...

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Beyond the pandemic: find better ways to talk about death

08 Sep 2020

COVID-19 has forced millions of people to confront the prospect of dying earlier than they expected and under extraordinary circumstances. Now more...

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Bereaved children missing out on vital support in UK schools, study finds

18 Jun 2019

Support for bereaved children in schools is patchy and inadequate, and teachers feel they lack the skills to help, according to a report from the...

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Rose by Pool

Study identifies factors linked to dying comfortably for the very old

05 Oct 2017

Very old people are more likely to die comfortably if they die in a care home or at home, compared with dying in a hospital, suggests a new study...

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Life and death

Questions of life and death

04 Nov 2016

An ambitious seminar series began last week with a discussion of a remarkable documentary. Filmed in a pioneering hospice, The Time to Die addresses...

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Pat, August 20, 2011 - Curb

Opinion: Here’s what people in their 90s really think about death

19 May 2016

Jane Fleming (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) discusses attitudes to death among the very old.

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Memm, 100 years in the making (cropped)

“It’s not worth me having a long-life lightbulb”: Attitudes to death among the very old

05 Apr 2016

Death is a part of life for people over 95 years old, who mainly live day-to-day, concludes a rare study of attitudes to death and dying amongst the...

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Full length view of coffin from the coffin set of Nespawershefyt, About 1000 BC

Uncovering the afterlife of ancient Egypt

25 Feb 2016

The Fitzwilliam Museum is marking its bicentenary anniversary celebrations with an exhibition on its remarkable collection of Egyptian coffins.

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Nicklinson - The Right to Die?

10 Jul 2014

Nicola Padfield explores some aspects of the important decision of the Supreme Court in Nicklinson (R (Nicklinson and another) v Ministry of Justice...

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Research reveals details of how flu evolves to escape immunity

21 Nov 2013

Study shows that seasonal flu escapes immunity with single amino acid substitutions.

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Dr Frederick Sanger has died, age 95

20 Nov 2013

Dr Frederick Sanger, recognised by many as the “father of genomics”, died yesterday at the age of 95. The founding member of the MRC Laboratory of...

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Bats

Fruit bat population covering central Africa is carrier of two deadly viruses

19 Nov 2013

A population of fruit bats which is found across much of continental Africa is widely infected with two deadly viruses that could spread to humans...

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