Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

HealthDay News — From 2023 to 2024, there was an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in age-adjusted death rates, ...

A new report on cancer in the U.S. shows a steady decline in overall deaths from 2001 through 2022. The rate of diagnoses among men fell from 2001 through 2013 and then stabilized through 2021 but ...

In all, 22,482 maternal deaths were identified using the CDC National Vital Statistics System via ICD-10 codes and the pregnancy checkbox when applicable. The annual incidence of maternal deaths rose ...

The United States has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths among high-income countries, and a new study shows these "largely preventable" deaths have risen in recent years. Maternal mortality ...

The latest American Cancer Society report shows a 34% drop in cancer mortality since 1991, but reveals a worrying increase in ...

The increased number of state-level abortion restrictions in the U.S. was associated with a parallel increase in maternal deaths between 2005 and 2023, according to new research presented today at the ...

In Louisiana, the risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes is more than four times higher than in California, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. In 2023, Louisiana had one of the ...

Discover how select mortality tables impact life insurance rates and coverage by analyzing recent policyholder mortality ...