Tens of thousands of Americans dodged death last year, new data shows. The US death rate has fallen to the lowest point on record ahead of America 250, as fatal overdoses and COVID fatalities ...

A German analysis explores what underlies shifts in the timing of seasonal surges of respiratory diseases, as well as shifts ...

By Christy Santhosh July 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. provisional death rate fell 4.6% in 2025, with heart disease, cancer and unintentional injuries remaining the leading causes of mortality, the Centers ...

While heart disease and cancer remain top causes, notable declines in overdose and COVID-19 deaths drove the improvement.

Heard about a lot of people getting flu this winter but not much about covid? It’s not just you. For the second winter in a row, the United States has faced a punishing flu season, with covid as a ...

New York City’s spike in deaths amid the COVID-19 pandemic this spring was comparable to the death toll at the peak of the 1918 flu pandemic, a study published in JAMA Network Open found. Researchers ...

The U.S. death rate has dropped to its lowest level since the federal government began tracking it more than 100 years ago. The decline is driven partly by a decrease in deaths related to COVID-19 and ...

Covid-19 and influenza cases have plummeted this year, but Sunshine Coast Health has warned the public to remain vigilant as increases could still occur.