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Morbidity typically refers to having a specific illness or health condition, while mortality refers to the number of deaths that a specific illness or health condition caused. As we move through the COVID-19 pandemic, you may have encountered two terms: morbidity and mortality. These related terms are commonly used in the field of epidemiology. Morbidity and mortality describe the frequency and severity of specific illnesses or conditions. There’s often confusion between morbidity and mortality, so this article will help explain the difference between them, along with several examples of each term.

The blood of murdered unborn children cries to God from abortion-tainted vaccines and medicinesBishop Athanasius Schneider on abortion-tainted vaccines and the culture of death. April 1, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Anti-Christian world powers that promote the culture of death are seeking to impose on the world’s population an implicit — though remote and passive — collaboration with abortion. Such remote collaboration, in itself, is also an evil because of the extraordinary historical circumstances in which these same world powers are promoting the murder of unborn children and the exploitation of their remains. When we use vaccines or medicines which utilize cell...

The phrase ‘ashes to ashes, dust to dust’ has long been connected with burial services, having originated from the 17th century Book of Common Prayer. But the idea of actually returning to the earth in an ecological manner that nourishes the soil is one that Swedish scientist Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak has sought to near-fruition across the span of a decade. Terming the process ‘promession,’ Wiigh-Mäsak has worked tirelessly to bring this 100 percent ecological burial alternative to the wider world. “Promession reshapes, dries and allows the body to be cared for by the soil. It offers a very natural connection with...

"I'm not gonna be here for very much longer," said Phil Harris, the hard-living captain of the crab fishing vessel Corneila Marie in a recent episode of Discovery Channel's unscripted series "Deadliest Catch." "That's a fact. I smoke and I drink. I've done every drug known to man. I mean, hell -- it catches up to you." It caught up to Capt. Phil in January, when he suffered a stroke not long after the above statement was recorded. The show's producers were thrown into a quandary. "Deadliest Catch" is known for its commitment to reality -- in the documentary sense...

Michelle Reed Cantley is part of a national network of photographers who take pictures of stillborn and dying babies. (Photo by Marvin Fong) Parents Cherish Photos of Stillborn Babies BY SUSAN GLASER Hours after Connie King gave birth to a stillborn boy, a stranger arrived, carrying a camera. Photographer Michelle Reed Cantley entered the room and quickly went to work, posing baby Nicholas on the couple's bed and in the arms of his parents, hoping to capture both his beauty and his peace.         Mark and Connie King of Hinckley Township, Ohio, embrace their stillborn son,...

I wanted to consider the idea of music to help us remember the horror of this time last year when Terri Schiavo died in a cruel and horrible way. Some of these songs were mentioned by other FReepers in the threads I read last year (I hadn't joined yet). So I make my contributions in the order I placed them on my tape (I use ancient technology). Terri's death was followed by the passing of Pope John Paul II and in some ways I combined the music to also remember his life and ministry. So here is the list: 1....

An American teenager has been arrested for stealing the head from a corpse to use as a bong to smoke cannabis. The 17-year-old boy has been arrested for breaking into a Vermont crypt and removing the head from a man who had recently been entombed there. Police were informed of the boy's plans by a friend who was disturbed by his proposal to steal the head and use it as a smoking device. Officers initially thought the story was a hoax, but disbelief turned to shock when they discovered a local tomb had been broken into and a head was...

A UNIQUE six-day election campaign that will help to decide President Bush’s political future roared into life yesterday amid bitter claims that the Democrats were exploiting a senator’s death to cling to power. All hope that Paul Wellstone’s sudden death in an air crash last week would ease the usual campaign hostilities evaporated after Minnesota Democrats staged a highly partisan memorial service, broadcast across the swing state. Incensed Republicans said that the political tone broke agreements for a campaigning moratorium and immediately responded in kind. Promising an unstinting critique of Walter Mondale, the former Vice-President and the eleventh-hour Democrat candidate,...

Milosevic's war crimes trial to resume on Monday AFP [ FRIDAY, APRIL 05, 2002 9:07:24 PM ] HE HAGUE: The trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic will resume on Monday after a three-week adjournment due to his illness and administrative matters, officials of the UN war crimes tribunal said on Friday. The next hearing will be a closed session as two protected witnesses will give evidence. A third, whose identity is also shielded, will testify on Tuesday, officials of the prosecutor's office said. On Tuesday, the court will be open to the public but the face of the witness...