Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide, her family says

April 26, 2025 1:56 PM

Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide, her family says

Virginia Giuffre, one of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, has committed suicide, her family said on Friday.               Giuffre, 41, died on Friday in Western Australia state, where she had been living for several years, the family said in an emailed statement. "Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors," the family statement said. "Despite all the adversit...

India sees over 30 percent decline in suicide death rates from 1990 to 2021: Lancet

February 20, 2025 3:01 PM

India sees over 30 percent decline in suicide death rates from 1990 to 2021: Lancet

India has seen a more than 30 percent reduction in the suicide death rate from 1990 to 2021, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health on Thursday, marking a significant progress in health strategies. The analysis, based on the results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021, showed that the suicide death rate in India was 18.9 per lakh population in 1990, in 2019 it stood at 13·1 lakh per lakh population and 13 per lakh population in 202...

AI can spot patients at risk for suicide, finds study

January 5, 2025 5:15 PM

AI can spot patients at risk for suicide, finds study

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors identify patients at risk for suicide, potentially improving prevention efforts in routine medical settings, according to new research. The research, reported in the journal JAMA Network Open, compared two approaches — automatic pop-up alerts that interrupted the doctor's workflow versus a more passive system that simply displayed risk information in the patient's electronic chart. The team found that the interruptive alerts were far more effecti...