The latest American Cancer Society report shows a 34% drop in cancer mortality since 1991, but reveals a worrying increase in ...

The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows. The overall rate ...

(Bloomberg) -- More Americans are living with cancer as death rates continue to decline, thanks to improved detection methods and better treatment options. Seven out of ten people survived for five ...

Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 have dropped by 44% since 1990. Only colorectal cancer deaths have ...

A sweeping nationwide study has found that U.S. counties located closer to operating nuclear power plants have higher cancer death rates than those farther away. Researchers analyzed data from every ...

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the peak death rate in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks and extended "social distancing" guidelines until April 30 ...

Life expectancy reached 79 years in the U.S. in 2024, marking its highest age in American history. Lower death rates were reported for all the leading causes of death, including heart disease and ...

Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

The healthiest states in the country are in New England, according to new detailed analysis of Americans’ wellbeing. New Hampshire took the top spot, according to a report from the UnitedHealth ...

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