Risk Factors

Relationships & Society

This article explains what it means when a husband kills his wife, using plain language and publicly established facts. It describes the legal frameworks that define the crime,...

suicide prevention

Cleanser suicides refer to highly organized, planned methods chosen to leave minimal residue for others to manage. This evergreen explainer outlines how these acts differ emotio...

hazard-explainer

Haiti floods are a recurring hazard shaped by physical exposure, geographic conditions, and infrastructure constraints. The country’s steep terrain, narrow river valleys, and...

parental violence and family safety

This evergreen explainer examines the extremely rare but highly consequential phenomenon of a father killing his son. Because these cases involve homicide between close family m...

healthcare

Deaths from cosmetic surgery are rare overall, but they do occur and are taken seriously by clinicians and regulators. Most procedures have low rates of major complications, yet...

therapist-safety

The question of a therapist killed by a client arises in rare but highly consequential events that affect public understanding of clinical risk. This is an evergreen explainer f...

caffeine-safety

Documented deaths from caffeine itself are very rare and almost always involve extreme exposures, underlying vulnerabilities, or combinations with other substances. Public healt...

outdoor-safety

Deaths in the White Mountains are relatively rare given millions of annual visitors, but they do occur, most often during recreational activities such as hiking, climbing, and s...

psychology

Suicide by a 10-year-old is exceptionally rare in the United States, but when it occurs it prompts urgent questions about risk factors, prevention, and support. This evergreen e...

Safety

This evergreen explainer summarizes what kinds of deaths occur in Cabo San Lucas, how frequently they happen, who is most at risk, and how these patterns compare with typical to...