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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firearms have risen to become the leading cause of death among children and teens in the United States in recent years, but a new study joins a growing set of evidence that gun laws can make a ...

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 ...

In most high-income countries around the world, the number of avoidable mortalities is going down. But in the United States, avoidable deaths have been on the rise for more than a decade, according to ...

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 ...