On Monday, UKHSA head Jenny Harries told MPs the agency had supplied detailed deaths data to vaccine companies but couldn't release it to the public for 'commercial sensitivity reasons'. Something to hide?
A surprising spike in middle-aged deaths in the U.K. is impacting profits for insurers Aviva and Legal & General, potentially influencing the pricing of life and insurance products.
Many are concerned about the high number of deaths that occurred in 2022, particularly from heart-related causes. But some have suggested these were just due to an ageing population. This is wrong.
Winter deaths are usually running high in January, but this year is different. According to the ONS, in the week ending January 14th there were 6.1% fewer deaths than the five-year average. Time to accept it's over.
On closer inspection, the claim that ONS data support vaccine efficacy against death is cast into doubt because there is a range of fundamental inconsistencies and flaws.
New figures show that cumulative age-adjusted mortality in England and Wales in the first six months of 2021 is 0.4% below the 10-year average, making 2021 among the least deadly years in history.
Westminster City Council is advertising a contract opportunity for the construction of "body storage facilities" in the event of an "excess deaths situation". Is a new variant on the way, or is this another overreaction?
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' mortality monitor this week – without warning or explanation – changed the baseline on a key chart from the ten-year average to 2019 – the least deadly year ever. Why?
In March, the age-standardised mortality rate for England was 26% lower than in February, and was 5.5% below the five-year average.
Why has the ONS produced a graph comparing COVID-19 to an apparently random group of infectious diseases that doesn't include flu or other big killers?
