Deaths from heart disease and stroke are declining, but still kill more Americans than any other cause, according to new data ...

The new report examined numbers from 2023, the latest year for which data were available. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases totaled 916,000, including about 680,000 deaths from heart disease and 180 ...

More people die from heart disease and stroke than from anything else in the United States, despite a five-year decline, a ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before—the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to ...

The researchers examined the five leading causes of cancer death among the under-50 age group. They found that overall, from 1990 through 2023, more than 1.2 million people died of cancer in the ...

Corrections staff dismantle the death row lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., in 2019 after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on the state’s ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With the extreme heat we are expecting next week, there is a risk of dangerously hot temperatures in Charlotte. With temperatures in the 90s next week, many people will try to find ...