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.

The implication, some say, is that when TAVI expanded to lower-risk patients in 2019, death rates rose—not so fast, say ...

Medicaid expansion is linked to a 4.8% reduction in breast cancer mortality, underscoring the role of insurance in improving outcomes. Racial disparities persist, with Hispanic women seeing the ...

KFF used 2018-22 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to compile maternal deaths and mortality rates. Maternal deaths are defined as deaths of women while pregnant or within 42 ...

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

In 2024, the most recent year for which data for the population is available, Native American and Alaska Native people had the highest pregnancy-related mortality ration among major demographic groups ...

Infant mortality rate is considered one of the most sensitive indicators of a society’s overall health.

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