We explore America’s childhood death rate. By Emily Baumgaertner I cover public health issues affecting children. If I drew you a graph that showed the death rate among American kids, you would see a ...

Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults combined, cancer is the second most common cause of death (after heart disease).

Infant mortality up 5.6% in states with abortion bans, restrictions Report estimates an extra 478 infant deaths that would otherwise not have occurred Mortality increase greater for babies with ...

Overall cancer mortality rates decreased for men, women and children in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022, according to the National Cancer Institute’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. New national estimates reveal historic gains in cancer survival and millions of deaths ...

Background While the incidence of hospital adverse events appeared to be declining before 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic may ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Mortality Database is a collection of death statistics categorized by country or region, year, gender, age, and cause of death, as reported yearly by national ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

A new paper in the Journal of Breast Imaging, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that breast cancer mortality rates have stopped declining in women older than age 74, and reconfirms that ...

Background Is being famous a risk factor for premature death? Previous studies indicate that famous musicians have a higher ...

Mississippi has just declared a public health emergency involving an alarming rise in infant mortality rates. Between 2023 and 2024, deaths of children under age one rose to 9.7 per 1,000 live births ...