Dealing with an infection isn't as straightforward as simply killing the pathogen. The body also needs to carefully steer and ...

The five-year survival rate for all cancers combined in the US reached a landmark 70% for Americans diagnosed between 2015 ...

New data show cancer survival has reached a record high — nearly 70% of patients now live at least five years after diagnosis ...

HealthDay News — U.S.-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-U.S.-born individuals, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Network Open.

Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults ...

While rates of cancer diagnosis under age 50 have risen in recent years, this has not translated into increased cancer ...

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...

Objective: This study aimed to examine the association between sepsis, including its subtypes, and all-cause and cause-specific premature mortality. Methods: This population-based prospective cohort ...

The rate of maternal mortality related to cardiovascular causes more than doubled between 1999 and 2022 in the United States, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology ...

Global life expectancy in 2023 is more than 20 years higher compared to 1950, and the age-standardized mortality rate is 67% lower, with all 204 countries and territories reporting declines. Despite ...