dying

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For years, the hospice industry, which was designed to provide comfort and guidance for dying patients and their families in their final days, attracted scammers enticed by large Medicare payments, officials say.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Some hope it’s the kicks of a dying horse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"People are dying in the fighting, dying from hunger. So some think it's better to die at sea than to die slowly here," a Rohingya refugee in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, had previously told Reuters.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

A large study of more than 600,000 individuals from Lund University in Sweden examined how weight changes between ages 17 and 60 relate to the risk of dying from different diseases.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

“I know, you’ve told me a hundred times, I need to be dying first....”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny