The Hidden Death Toll Fueled by COVID-19’s Ripple Effect
Life expectancy plummeted during the pandemic, with COVID-19 deaths, heart disease, and substance abuse playing major roles.
The Economist9h
Why has the flu been so bad this year?
A MERICA IS IN the throes of its worst flu season in at least seven years. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ...
2025 is already on track for an increase in deaths from extremist violence: Exclusive
After three years of declines, deaths from extremists are already set to increase this year from 2024 and experts worry about ...
Science Daily1d
Housing damage resulting from great east Japan earthquake and all-cause mortality
Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To help fill this gap, a research team has investigated the connection between ...
'Deaths of despair' more than double in the US over two decades
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global standard for classifying diseases, deaths and health conditions and has been used for more than a century. It assigns diagnostic codes to ...
Healio1d
Despite falling global rates in recent decades, men twice as likely to die by suicide
A death from suicide occurs every 43 seconds worldwide annually, according to an analysis published in The Lancet Public Health.The research also showed that the global mortality rate for suicide ...
El Mundo on MSN1d
Every year around 740,000 suicides are recorded worldwide: one death every 43 seconds
Over the past three decades, the global age-standardized suicide mortality rate has decreased by almost 40%, from about 15 ...