Recent global crises have exposed the limits of a universal mortality threshold for declaring famine—an approach that can obscure how famine actually unfolds across different populations. In a paper ...

James Van Der Beek's death at age 48 highlights a sad statistic: More people under 50 are getting colorectal cancer.

Discover how select mortality tables impact life insurance rates and coverage by analyzing recent policyholder mortality ...

A 13-year-old boy in Mississippi died in 2022 after accidentally shooting himself with an unsecured, loaded pistol. Mississippi recorded the highest firearm-related mortality rate in the nation in ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among people younger than 50 in the United States, according to a study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical ...

HOUSTON, Texas – Black women in Harris County are dying during and after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group, according to a 2024 report from Harris County Public Health.

For every newborn cry in Harris County, a shadow hangs over Black mothers—the terrifying possibility that they might not live to hear it. Here, in the heart of the world's largest medical hub, Black ...

For the first time, the five-year relative survival rate for all cancers combined reached 70%, according to the latest report from the American Cancer Society. Survival gains are especially notable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality due to hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis nearly doubled across Europe over a recent 10-year period.

The show is over for Pulmocide’s phase 3 trial after patients who received its investigational inhaled antifungal had lower response rates and a higher number of deaths than those in the control arm.