The U.S. mortality rate reached a record low in 2025. But it lags behind peers due to persistent issues like chronic disease, gun violence and unequal healthcare access.

County-level CRC mortality fell substantially since 2000, but some counties still had rates more than 13 times the Healthy ...

Men experienced higher absolute excess mortality than women across many high-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

New criteria identifies preclinical vascular cognitive impairment in adults without dementia or stroke and linked it to ...

Early tracheostomy may reduce in-hospital mortality among high-risk patients with sepsis requiring mechanical ventilation.

Newly diagnosed mental disorders are associated with increased mortality and adverse clinical outcomes in patients with permanent pacemakers.

In this retrospective cohort study, researchers aimed to quantify excess all-cause mortality among 5-year survivors of ...

Waist circumference, when considered alongside body mass index (BMI), may provide important additional information about ...

Lower intake of red and processed meat was associated with small reductions in all-cause, heart disease, cancer, and stroke mortality in a cohort of nearly one million US adults followed for decades.