The risk of death is high at birth and during the first years of life, but it decreases through childhood until approximately the age of 10. It then begins a steady, exponential increase that ...

While UnitedHealth Care dominated health news headlines during 2025, excess mortality was the biggest health story of the year.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Former smokers had little to no excess cardiovascular mortality 20 to 29 years after quitting. Sustained ...

Days of extreme heat were linked to increased mortality risk among veterans with cardiometabolic disease, especially those ...

In a recent article published in Science Advances, researchers estimated all-cause excess mortality for the United States (US) between March 2020 and February 2022 to understand the impact of the ...

About 1.1 million Americans have officially died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, a number that may be familiar by now. But here’s a less familiar one: According to one tabulation by the ...

A coalition of insurance industry and healthcare leaders have formed a non-profit organization to help global insurers screen, test, and triage members to combat the baffling rise in excess mortality.

PARIS, France—There is no excess risk of death from noncardiac causes in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) treated with revascularization and medical therapy when compared with those who ...

As COVID completes its sixth year, official statistics obscure the scale of harm, while Long COVID and excess deaths reveal ...

Racial inequality in US infant and child mortality rates have not decreased in 70 years, with Black Americans having nearly twice the risk for death compared to their White counterparts. HealthDay ...

Cardiff University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. No one would describe 2020 as normal. The coronavirus disrupted travel, employment and livelihoods. It pushed ...