The U.S. maternal mortality rate fell to 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024, statistically similar to the 2023 rate of 18.6 per 100,000, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Worldwide, case-mix adjusted survival has improved for patients on hemodialysis. Practices such as reducing ...

Targeting a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg was associated with a 21% decreased risk of all-cause mortality among patients with stage 3 to 4 chronic kidney disease, a meta-analysis found. An ...

We extracted country-specific incidence and mortality rates for 33 cancers from 185 countries using data from Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) 2020. Mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIRs) were ...

A recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal examined the impact of alcohol control policies on all-cause mortality between 2001 and 2020. Study: Alcohol control policies reduce ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with an increase in stroke-related mortality in older individuals, according to study results presented at the International Stroke ...

Patients 80 years of age and older experienced a 31% reduction in mortality and a 20% reduction in the risk of new coronary events when they participated in statin therapy, according to a March study ...

In Matthew Roach's two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10 years previously in its epidemiology program, he has witnessed a trend in mortality rates ...

Georgia’s infant mortality increase last year was one of the four worst in the nation, with about seven babies dying for every 1,000 births. In Georgia, 892 infants died in 2022, 116 more infant ...