HealthDay News — From 2023 to 2024, there was an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in age-adjusted death rates, while decreases were also seen in drug overdose death rates, according to two ...

A new study from the American Cancer Society is shedding light on cancer mortality rates among young people — and the one ...

Cancer screenings are up and death rates are down: The healthiest US states ranked - The yearly report found that cancer ...

U.S. life expectancy climbed to 79 years in 2024, the highest level on record, new federal data shows. Health officials say fewer deaths from COVID-19, along with drops in heart disease, cancer and ...

Life expectancy in the U.S. rose to its highest in American history in 2024 as the COVID-19 pandemic dissipated and lower ...

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

After increasing for more than 25 years, lung cancer death rates are finally leveling off among women in European Union (EU) countries apart from Spain, according to predictions of mortality rates ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Older Coloradans have mostly recovered from a pandemic-era increase in death rates, but middle-aged people continue to die younger than expected, mostly from ...

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