Teen commits suicide after feeling guilty about infecting father with coronavirus

A California woman said her teenage son committed suicide after feeling guilty about his father's death from COVID-19. The Independent writes about it. Stephanie Reyes, 37, revealed that she and her entire family contracted COVID-19 in August...

In Utah, student evicted from apartment for suicidal thoughts

An 18-year-old student was evicted from student housing in Orem, Utah, after a homeowner said she violated her contract because she "voiced suicidal tendencies" to her neighbors last month, The Salt Lake Tribune writes. The notice was taped to her door, she found ...

Husband and wife, four children and a cat: in Texas, a family was found dead in the garage of their own home

An American soldier and his family - his wife, four children and two pet cats - were found dead inside an SUV in the garage of their home in San Antonio, Texas, Fox News writes. Arriving at the house, the police officers who responded to the call smelled a strong odor...

A doctor from Chicago committed suicide, admitting that for years he had faked data on vaccinations for children

A cryptic suicide note from an Illinois pediatrician has raised troubling questions about the veracity of childhood vaccination records in Chicago, where he worked for years, Yahoo writes. The doctor did not vaccinate children for many years, formally noting the fact of vaccination in medical records. Doctor Ven Koinis ...

Why youth mortality is rising in the US: scary reasons

Life expectancy in the United States is falling due to rising mortality rates among young people. Scientists call the cause of this suicide, drug addiction, alcoholism and obesity. And the root cause is disappointment in life and the inability to achieve set goals, writes “Current Time”. In the late 1990s, the average...

U.S. police suicides hit historic highs in 2019

According to the non-profit organization Blue HELP, the number of suicides among current and former police officers in the United States has reached an all-time high. In 2019, 228 police officers took their own lives, compared to 172 in 2018, writes ABC News. "I really hope,…

NYPD fights 'suicide epidemic' in its ranks: what's the reason

At the end of the past year, the New York Police Department (NYPD) cited alarming statistics: recently, more officers have died from suicide than in the line of duty. In 2019, 10 police officers committed suicide in New York alone, eight of them ...

13-year-old immigrant hanged herself because her father was denied asylum in the US

Heidi Gamez Garcia, a 13-year-old immigrant from Honduras, attempted suicide after her single father was denied asylum in the United States. The girl, separated from her only parent for four years, died last week, connected to a life support apparatus. The girl was buried on 23 ...

'No one thought to sound the alarm': Azerbaijan shocked by the suicide of a 14-year-old girl hounded at school

In April, Azerbaijan was shocked by the suicide of 14-year-old Elina Hajiyeva, who became a victim of school bullying - the student jumped out of the window of a school building. The girl’s death outraged society also because the school management interrogated Elina, who was still alive, an ambulance was called only two hours later,...

'Your life is valuable': in California, schoolchildren prevented a woman from committing suicide

A 47-year-old resident of Fresno, California, was about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. She was rescued, having managed to convince, the students of a nearby school, who at that time were at volleyball training. It all happened last Thursday, April 4th. When the boys on the volleyball team ...

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