More Americans are living with cancer as death rates continue to decline, thanks to improved detection methods and better ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 causes of death ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

‘71.3 years’ was the average life expectancy globally, according to the World Health Organization in 2021. When a certain number of people die in a year, that number adds to the mortality rate of a ...

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(NEW YORK) — 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 ...

U.S.-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-U.S.-born individuals, according to a study published ...

There are nearly three times as many drug poisoning deaths among LGB+ people compared with the straight group.

Of the pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in 2021 and 2022, committees found 91% could have been prevented.