Fentanyl is the prime cause of an overdose death rate that has tripled over the last decade. In 2013, there were 3,105 deaths ...

U.S. heart disease mortality has dropped 66% since 1970, mainly due to fewer ischemic heart disease deaths. However, deaths ...

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Alcohol-free bars offer alternatives for the "sober curious" Excessive drinking was linked to a jump in high blood pressure deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the ...

Geographic variations in fall data proved striking. Wisconsin recorded the highest fall death rate, at 158.4 per 100,000 older adults, whereas Alabama had the lowest, at 29.5 per 100,000.

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He was talking about the nationwide drop in drug overdose deaths. The 27% decline suggests more than 81 lives saved every day. Here in Michigan, the decrease is almost 36%. Morrone believes there ...

There has been a decrease in drug-related deaths in New York, per the Center for Disease Control's preliminary figures from 2024. The CDC found that overdose deaths dropped 32% from 2023 to 2024.

In the years that followed, the toll only continued to grow, however, with deaths reaching 110,000 in 2023. There seemed to be no answer for one of the worst public health crises in a generation.

The CDC and FDA say frozen supplement shakes made at Prairie Farms Dairy in Indiana led to the death of 14 people from listeria poisoning.