Understanding the evidence on maternal mortality and its causes is a key to crafting solutions; this brief describes the state of U.S. maternal health in 2025.

The decline in ovarian cancer mortality rates after 2003 can be attributed to advances in treatment, precision medicine, improved preventive strategies, and a reduced disease incidence, according to ...

A NEW analysis of US national health records shows heart disease mortality has fallen by two-thirds since 1970, but deaths ...

The Commonwealth Fund’s updated July 2025 brief on maternal mortality highlights how systemic disparities, Medicaid coverage ...

Fewer Americans are dying from heart attacks over the past 50 years as better prevention and heart care have saved more lives, according to a new study. The U.S. heart attack mortality rate has ...

Among those aged 1 to 19, the net difference in mortality rates per 100,000 grew from 4 to just under 6 for firearm deaths. Meanwhile, substance use crept from just under 1 to nearly 2 from 2019 to ...

Surgeons are 56% more likely to die compared to physicians in other specialities, according to a study published July 30 in JAMA Surgery. Researchers from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s ...

The mortality reduction initiatives reflect how RWJBarnabas approaches patient safety and quality in three ways, Anderson says. "No. 1, we are using data to drive improvement," he says.

Although nonsurgeon physicians have lower mortality rates than other highly educated professionals, this mortality benefit does not extend to surgeons. Because surgeons and nonsurgeon physicians have ...

After a positive fecal immunochemical test, follow-up colonoscopies conducted in settings with a high adenoma detection rate ...

Relatives bereaved by natural death with high and sustained grief symptoms have higher mental health care use and mortality for up to 10 years after loss.