A North Texas cardiologist says some of the increase stems from a direct physical impact by the virus on the heart. But much of it resulted from lack of access to health care.

In the United States, SLE remains associated with substantial mortality, particularly among Non-Hispanic Black women.

Despite the end to the public health emergency declaration in May 2023, COVID-19 continued to have a large impact on the U.S. population and healthcare system, a cross-sectional study suggested. From ...

The U.S. death rate has dropped to prepandemic levels as COVID-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to research published Wednesday. The death rate fell by 3.8 percent in 2024, ...

Five years after the start of the Covid pandemic that killed more than one million Americans and shut down the world, health experts are really ready to say that it’s over - at least, for now. After ...

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

New Global Burden of Disease data show sustained mortality declines; however, noncommunicable diseases, climate exposure, and ...

Objective India had an estimated three to five million excess deaths from causes attributable to SARS-CoV-2 during 2020–2021, ...

Heart disease and cancer have by far been the leading causes of death for decades. Together, they accounted for 46% of ...