Austerity harms health and must be reversed The headline of a recent BBC article, “UK death rate ‘reaches record low,’” puts a positive spin on mortality data, suggesting the UK has emerged from a ...

The World Health Organization published its first-ever report on drowning prevention and included a major success story, a 38 ...

Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction, mostly due to fishing. While mandated releases are helpful, ...

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the U.S., killing more than 42,000 last year ...

Georgy Filimonov, the governor of Russia's Vologda region, who also blames alcohol consumption for Russia's mortality rates, ...

Breast cancer death rates are expected to drop across European countries, here’s a look at how different women’s age groups ...

Did people experiencing homelessness (PEH) have worse in-hospital outcomes from COVID-19 than housed people? New research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)    found no ...

Breast cancer mortality rates have stopped declining for women over 74 and under 40, largely due to rising diagnoses of ...

A new analysis says that breast cancer mortality rates have stopped declining in women outside of the ages 40 to 74.

Rates of fatal drug overdoses are higher than expected in most states, despite a 14.5% decrease in the year leading up to June 2024.

Experts predict that death rates from breast cancer will fall in 2025 in every age group in the EU and the UK apart from in EU patients aged 80 years and older. In these older patients, overall ...