The U.S. saw roughly 3.07 million deaths in 2024, with a notable 3.8% drop in the overall age-adjusted death rate compared to 2023. Mortality fell across most age, sex, and racial/ethnic groups, ...

For the first time since the pandemic began, COVID-19 dropped out of the nation's top 10 causes of death in 2024, new U.S. government data shows. Overall U.S. death rates also fell to their lowest ...

(NEW YORK) — 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 ...

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

Booster vaccines reduced the risk of COVID‑19-related hospitalization and death, according to a new study of over 3 million ...