Death in Birth. 11 minute read. Vivienne Walt/Freetown. September 18, 2008 12:00 AM EDT. I n a hospital ward in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Fatmata Conteh, 26, lay on a bed, having just ...

They claim to have identified universal laws governing the birth, life course and death of words. The paper marks an advance in a new field dubbed "Culturomics": ...

The Medicalization of Birth and Death, by Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science. Published by John Hopkins University Press. For many generations, most Americans were born – and died – ...

In Sudan, birth can sometimes seem merely more opportunity for death. Africa's largest country splits in two on July 9, forming a new, smaller north Sudan and a wholly new South Sudan. But rather ...