Offit: People aren't going to be making a good choice for themselves if they hear Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say, falsely, that ...

Learn how the Doomsday Clock serves as a potential indicator for health crises, including substance use disorders and Alzheimer's.

A new study investigated the mortality and mental health correlates of the iconic Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock.

Results indicate that the closer the Doomsday Clock ticks to midnight, the higher the rates are for mortality specific to ...

After rising for a decade, the cardiac arrest mortality rate in the U.S. is beginning to fall, according to a study published March 9 in The American Journal of Cardiology. Researchers from academic ...

Mortality rates among US adults spiked from 2011 to 2019 and 2020 to 2023, remaining higher than expected based on prepandemic levels.

During an address to Congress on Tuesday night, Trump said childhood cancer rates have increase by 40%. Data shows there may ...

A new report from the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force shows significant racial disparities between newborns within ...

According to the data, which examined births in 2023, the maternal mortality rate decreased to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births - a significant drop from 22.3 the year before. The CDC data ...

the death rate for the flu is higher than the mortality rate for COVID-19. Daniel de la Hoz/Getty Images The CDC reports the highest level of flu cases since the swine flu pandemic of 2009.

Fewer precancerous lesions are being found in young women undergoing cervical cancer screenings thanks to the human ...

US President Donald Trump highlighted rising childhood cancer rates in his speech, emphasizing a 40% increase since 1975.