illness

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EastEnders' writers sought advice from mental health charities Samaritans, Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Illness is predicted to spread faster, infect more people and put higher-risk groups at greater chance of being seriously ill or hospitalized.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025

Illness doesn’t reflect a lack of effort, and bad things happen to the most proactive among us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

It would likely be useful for the more than 40 million adults in the U.S, who, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, suffer from an anxiety disorder.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

Illness and death still exist and cannot be hidden.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas