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The Lancet

Peer-reviewed general medical journal

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Dec 1, 2025
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What is the estimated cost of implementing universal healthcare in the US?

Estimates for implementing universal health care in the United States vary widely depending on the model: extending coverage under the existing multi‑payer system was estimated to raise the national h...

Nov 21, 2025
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What is the reported civilian-to-combatant death ratio in the 2023-2024 Gaza war?

Multiple independent studies and journalistic investigations report widely differing civilian-to-combatant death ratios for the 2023–24 Gaza war because of different methods, incomplete data and polit...

Dec 20, 2025
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What are the main controversies surrounding Jeffrey Sachs' international work?

Jeffrey Sachs’s international work has generated intense debate: critics charge that his rapid, top‑down economic prescriptions and high‑profile interventionist projects produced harmful dependence, s...

Dec 12, 2025

How many excess deaths occurred in the US during the Trump administration compared with the Biden administration?

Available reporting shows more COVID-19 deaths and higher excess-death signals occurred during the period after January 2021 than before, but comparisons between “Trump years” and “Biden years” are co...

Dec 15, 2025

What are the latest UN and WHO death toll estimates for Gaza (December 2025)?

The most recent UN-linked tallies cite Gaza fatalities in the tens of thousands and track with the Gaza Ministry of Health’s running count used by UN agencies: OCHA and UNRWA have relayed MoH figures ...

Oct 24, 2025

How many have died in palestine - israel conflict

Official tallies from Palestinian health authorities and multiple news outlets place as of early October 2025, while aggregated casualty tables list roughly ; independent academic models and capture–r...

Nov 23, 2025

How many confirmed deaths causally linked to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide since 2020?

Available reporting and peer‑reviewed studies do not provide a single, validated global count of deaths that are confirmed as causally caused by COVID‑19 vaccines since 2020. Large modelling and surve...

Nov 24, 2025

Did the Doge cuts result in 88 children a day dying?

Estimates published by advocacy groups and some researchers attribute roughly 300,000 excess deaths — “mostly children” — to cuts tied to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a figure repea...

Dec 8, 2025

What's the record for the most child birth?

The most-cited record for the greatest number of children born to one woman is 69, attributed to the first wife of Feodor (or Fyodor) Vassilyev between 1725 and 1765; Guinness World Records lists 69 c...

Nov 15, 2025

How many women and children were killed in Palestine since October 7?

Available sources give multiple, differing tallies for Palestinians killed since 7 October 2023 and breakouts for children and women vary by publisher and methodology: the Gaza Ministry of Health repo...

Dec 7, 2025

What clinical trial evidence supports garaherb's safety and effectiveness for its approved indications?

Garadacimab (Andembry®, garadacimab‑gxii) is approved in several markets for prevention of hereditary angioedema (HAE) based on pivotal Phase 3 data from the global VANGUARD trial and supporting Phase...

Oct 17, 2025

How does the number of civilian casualties under Trump compare to previous administrations?

Available reporting shows no single, agreed numerical total for and no definitive cross-administration tally; investigative pieces instead document patterns—expanded strikes, contested counts of civil...

Dec 12, 2025

how many children were killed in gaza

Exact counts for children killed in Gaza vary across agencies and reporting periods: UNICEF and Gaza health ministry figures are cited in multiple sources showing child deaths in the many thousands (f...

Nov 18, 2025

How do suicide rates compare between transgender people who have and have not accessed gender-affirming care?

Available peer-reviewed cohort studies and fact sheets generally report lower odds or prevalence of suicidality among transgender people who received gender‑affirming care compared with those who want...

Jan 17, 2026

was covid-19 caused by a lab leak in wuhan?

The question cannot be answered with certainty from available public reporting: no definitive "smoking gun" proving a Wuhan lab leak exists, and no conclusive proof that SARS‑CoV‑2 emerged naturally h...

Dec 8, 2025

Israel Just Admit That 83% of Gaza’s Casualties Were Civilians

Israel’s internal intelligence database — reported by The Guardian and partners — indicates around 83% of Palestinians killed in Gaza were civilians as of May 2025, based on a classified tally of name...

Jan 16, 2026

which source is the most accurate for deaths in gaza

The Gaza Ministry of Health (MoH) is the single most frequently cited and institutionally accepted source for the overall death toll in Gaza and is treated as the primary daily tally by the UN and WHO...

Dec 16, 2025

How many civilians versus combatants have been killed in Gaza since October 2023?

Different tallies and academic studies disagree sharply on how many Gaza fatalities since 7 October 2023 were civilians versus combatants. Gaza health authorities and the UN report tens of thousands o...

Jan 17, 2026

What were the full timelines and texts of the Lancet letters on COVID‑19 origins and subsequent corrections?

The Lancet first published a 27‑author statement on Feb 19, 2020, endorsing the view that SARS‑CoV‑2 most likely had a natural origin and “strongly condemn[ing] conspiracy theories” to the contrary, a...

Jan 13, 2026

Who holds the world record for most children ever born to one woman?

The Guinness World Records recognizes the wife of Russian peasant Feodor (commonly named Valentina Vassilyev) as the woman who gave birth to the most children — 69 children from 27 pregnancies — makin...