As World Lung Cancer Day approaches on August 1, a spotlight is being cast on the importance of early detection in reducing ...

Age-specific and -standardized asthma mortality rates were greater among Puerto Rican individuals with lower education ...

Prior research has documented a correlation between the imposition of sanctions and worsening health conditions in target countries. However, the direction of causality in this relationship remains ...

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

Occupation as a firefighter is associated with elevated cancer mortality, especially for skin and kidney cancer, according to ...

Honeybees may have grown dependent on the drugs as a supplement to protect them from bacterial infections, University of ...

Maternal mortality rates across race and ethnicity have more than doubled in the last 20 years, and the increase has been more profound among Black, Native American and Alaska Native communities ...

Medicaid covers 60% of births in South Carolina, but Medicaid patients also made up 65% of pregnancy-related deaths in 2021.

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. White and Native American ...

The facts: The U.S. has the 9th worst mortality rate in the world The mortality rate is the number of deaths from COVID-19 relative to the overall population. As of Tuesday, the United States had ...