The gap between preventable deaths rates in rural and urban areas widened for many health conditions between 2010 and 2017, according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report published Nov.

The U.S. saw roughly 3.07 million deaths in 2024, with a notable 3.8% drop in the overall age-adjusted death rate compared to 2023. Mortality fell across most age, sex, and racial/ethnic groups, ...

(CNN) — The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published Wednesday by the US ...

The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows. The overall rate ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded a 24% decline in overdose deaths in 2024 when compared to the previous 12-month range. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported ...

Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021, following heart disease and cancer, for the second year in a row, according to provisional data from the US Centers for ...

CLAIM: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website to reduce the coronavirus death count from 64,283 to 37,308. THE FACTS: Social media users are highlighting numbers on the CDC ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Recently released statistics from the CDC are shedding a light on drug overdose deaths in the nation. Ohio had one of the biggest declines in predicted deaths last year ...