There's an unsung success story about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. At its outset, U.S. hospitals faced huge challenges, as influxes of patients strained resources, while doctors were ...

New Global Burden of Disease data show sustained mortality declines; however, noncommunicable diseases, climate exposure, and ...

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

The mass starvation in Gaza has called into question how famine is defined and measured. On Aug 22, 2025, the Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ...

THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - The family of Willie Andrew Willis Jr. is still searching for answers one year after he suffered catastrophic injuries and died while incarcerated at Calhoun State Prison.

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Pensacola Republican Rep. Alex Andrade, who chairs the House health care budget writing panel, said the structure is ...

Murders, overall violent crime and property crime are at their lowest rates in decades, but it’s unclear whether they are at record lows going back 125 years. See the sources for this fact-check ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health released its annual report Thursday about infant mortality across the state in 2023. The report, which is not released until all ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney told Mississippi lawmakers that he wants to see a healthier state. Data showed death rates in Mississippi are above the U.S. rate.

Arkansas' fetal mortality rate in 2024 narrowly improved from the previous year, although the state still ranked among the 10 worst in the nation, a report released Wednesday from the federal Centers ...