Age remains a major risk factor, with maternal mortality rates significantly higher among women 40 and older. In 2023, the mortality rate for this age group was 59.8 deaths per 100,000 live births – ...

Cancer deaths among Black men and women in the United States have declined during the past decade in the United States, a new ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency ...

During that time, drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% nationwide, marking the first time overdose deaths declined since the ...

America's opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

One flu activity tracker said Mississippi was No. 1 in the country for influenza activity last week. What you need to know ...

Texas sees a significant rise in sepsis among women after the abortion ban, raising concerns over delayed care and lives lost.

From 2022 to 2023, there was a decrease in the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose death in the United States, according to a report published in the February Health E-Stats, a publication of the ...

A death from suicide occurs every 43 seconds worldwide annually, according to an analysis published in The Lancet Public Health.The research also showed that the global mortality rate for suicide ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has released Cancer Statistics for African American and Black People, 2025. According to the report, the cancer mortality rate declined from 1991 to 2022 by 49% and ...

Early adult death rates spiked during COVID-19 and stayed high in 2023, driven by drug deaths and other health crises.

From 2011 to 2023, there was an increase in early adult mortality in the US, with further acceleration seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.