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

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The number of Ohio babies dying before their first birthday has dropped to its lowest rate in 20 years. Preliminary numbers from the Ohio Department of Children and Youth put the ...

A new report from the CDC shows an overall decline in maternal mortality. However, that’s not the case for Black women or the state of Texas.

Bacterial foodborne outbreaks in the U.S. increased while viral outbreaks declined between 2014 and 2022, with environmental ...

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

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.

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

In response, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has praised the benefits of the measles, mumps, and ...

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

The latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that vaping is climbing more quickly than smokers quit cigarettes.

From 2008 to 2022, the incidence of cervical precancers fell by 80% among screened women aged 20 to 24 years, supporting ...