HealthDay News — From 2023 to 2024, there was an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in age-adjusted death rates, ...

Deaths fell overall globally in 2023, according to a new report that also warns that deaths among young people have risen and health inequities are widening. The latest Global Burden of Disease (GBD) ...

Overall cancer mortality among younger Americans has been declining for years. So why is colorectal cancer going in the opposite direction?

Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 have dropped by 44% since 1990. Only colorectal cancer deaths have ...

Baby and mom near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, April 5, 2020 [Photo by https://www.vperemen.com / / CC BY 4.0] The death rate for US children has surged by 25 percent over the past decade, ...

Unintentional falls among older adults have become increasingly deadly, with new federal data revealing significant increases in fall death rates over the past two decades. According to a Centers for ...

The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Centers for ...