COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The number of Ohio babies dying before their first birthday has dropped to its lowest rate in 20 years.

Use of sleeping pills contributed to higher mortality rates. Poor sleep quality may be linked to higher mortality for adults on hemodialysis, data show. “Impaired sleep and sleep-related ...

In Texas, research has found that the highest infant death rate in the state is in Fort Worth zip code 76104. The city of Fort Worth, though, has rallied Tarrant County health leaders and non-profits ...

The rise in all-cause mortality was caused by an increase in cancers, diabetes, COPD, and a reduction in the rate of decline of cardiovascular diseases. There was also important influence of HIV ...

The 2025 annual report from the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force shows worsening disparities in child deaths.

The UK death rate reached a record low last year, according to exclusive analysis carried out for BBC News. Mortality experts looked at death certificates registered in 2024 and found that deaths ...

“In 2020, in India, the highest suicide death rates were among educated women, with family problems being the most commonly cited contributing factor,” said the researchers from the Institute ...

After years of declines, breast cancer death rates have stopped going down in women older than 74, researchers said Thursday. The disease resulted in the deaths of more than 42,000 women last year.

Infant mortality rates have increased in states that adopted abortion bans after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...