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Life expectancy is a common indicator that can help examine the health of a community, state or country. , Longer life expectancy may...
Steven Ross Johnson
The U.S. fetal mortality rate in 2020 remained relatively unchanged from 2019, reaching 5.74 deaths at 20 weeks of gestation or more per...
Americans’ incomes have risen in recent years, though wealth remains unevenly distributed, according to the latest American Community Survey estimates from the U.S....
For Dr. Vian Nguyen, one of the more harrowing moments of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 came when she fielded an emergency call about...
The country’s leading pediatricians’ organization is calling for the elimination of the use of race in making medical assessments, saying the practice is...
Alzheimer’s disease has been a leading cause of death in the U.S. for years. The degenerative brain disease was responsible for more than...
Multiple counties in the South and Southwest – including five in one state alone – were among those that saw the fastest growth...
When a vaccine against COVID-19 first became available in December 2020, among the biggest challenges the rollout faced was reconciling high demand with...
The rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. increased by nearly 20% from 2019 to 2020 in a potential indication of the COVID-19...
New research indicates infants born to women fully vaccinated against COVID-19 during their pregnancy have a lower risk of hospitalization tied to the...