The rate of drug overdose deaths has seen steep declines over the past two years, but a new data tool developed by Northwestern University suggests progress may be stalling.

Rates of some cancers, including colorectal, are rising among young adults in the U.S., even as deaths from all forms of the disease decline overall, a new report finds. (Getty Images) Here’s the good ...

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the ...

After rising for a decade, the cardiac arrest mortality rate in the U.S. is beginning to fall, according to a study published March 9 in The American Journal of Cardiology. Researchers from academic ...

KFF used 2018-22 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to compile maternal deaths and mortality rates. Maternal deaths are defined as deaths of women while pregnant or within 42 ...

Hospitalized patients who reported dyspnea during their stay had a higher in-hospital mortality rate than patients who ...

Mortality rates are high in patients with type 1 diabetes, and overweight and obesity appear to be major factors, a speaker ...

Counties with the highest incarceration rates had 7% to 10% more deaths from lung, liver, and colorectal cancers. Counties with the highest rates of jail incarceration had significantly higher ...

ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL YOUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IMMEDIATELY. NEWLY RELEASED DATA FROM THE CDC SHOWS THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS THE LOWEST INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN THE COUNTRY. AROUND 20,000 INFANT ...

Edney said poverty is the driving force behind African American infant death. Edney said impoverished communities deal with ...