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Modern transport infrastructure assisted the spread of the 1889 pandemic. The 19 largest European countries, including the Russian Empire, had about 200,000 km of railroads, and transatlantic travel by sea took less than six days (not significantly different from current travel time by air, given the timescale of the global spread of a pandemic). [11]
After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: 'Each mortality has a story to tell.'
The causes listed are relatively immediate medical causes, but the ultimate cause of death might be described differently. For example, tobacco smoking often causes lung disease or cancer, and alcohol use disorder can cause liver failure or a motor vehicle accident.
There was "a very sudden and very marked rise in general death rate" in most cities in January 1919; nearly all experienced "some degree of recrudescence" of the flu in January and February. [117]: 153–154 Significant outbreaks occurred in cities including Los Angeles, [118] New York City, [1] Memphis, Nashville, San Francisco, and St. Louis ...
The Los Angeles County medical examiner's website said De Rothschild's death was an accident caused by "hypertensive cardiovascular disease," commonly known as heart disease. It also listed ...
The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the two victims as 32-year-old Rory Sykes and 79-year-old ... Her cause of death has not been released. Related: L.A. Fire ...
Vital statistics generally distinguish specific injuries and diseases as cause of death, from general categories like homicide, accident, and death by natural causes as manner of death. Both are listed in this category, as are both proximal and root causes of death. An injury that could be fatal is called major trauma; see also Category:Injuries.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Los Angeles area wildfires for Saturday, Jan. 11. For the latest, view our story for Sunday, Jan. 12. LOS ANGELES − The death toll from a ...