"External" causes like drug overdoses and homicide are killing young adults, but so are cardiometabolic diseases that previously mainly posed risks to older people. (Getty Creative) ...

Here’s what to know — and why it matters for everyone. The problem began in 2011. After holding steady for more than a decade, the number of excess deaths began climbing that year. By 2019 the figure ...

Excess mortality in the EU decreased to 5.0% in November 2024 according to the latest Eurostat figures, even as health systems across the region continue to face challenges. This decrease ...

could have led to nearly 2 million excess deaths in the following two months, a new U.S. study shows. The study by the federally funded Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle was taken from a ...

The combination of cardiometabolic conditions, like metabolic, circulatory and endocrine and nutritional conditions, also accounted for 9.2% of excess mortality that year. The researchers ...

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report from the ...