The US maternal mortality rate is higher than most high-income countries, with significant racial disparities, particularly among Black and Native American women. Effective policies include expanding ...

Medicare beneficiaries with cardiovascular disease or risk factors had increased mortality rates and fewer hospitalizations ...

U.S. counties located closer to operational nuclear power plants (NPPs) have higher rates of cancer mortality than those located farther away, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) mortality rates in the US have declined significantly since 2004, but major sex and racial disparities persist.

For patients with autoimmune vasculitides, mortality is on the decline in the U.S. but still remains elevated compared with the general population. These immunological disorders of inflammation of ...

Mississippi is taking steps to address its high maternal and infant mortality rates. The Mississippi Hospital Association ...

Patients with proximal humerus fractures demonstrated substantially higher mortality rates than their matched control individuals from the general population over a 2-year period, with the highest ...

Older adults experience significant risk of death and institutionalization after hip-fracture surgery, according to a December study published in MDPI. Researchers analyzed data from 355 patients ages ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health ...

Indiana’s progress in reducing infant mortality is welcome news. But testimony last Thursday before an interim Study Committee on Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services shows the numbers ...