New study shows that hurricanes lead to excess mortality long after the storm has passed ~health Article 2200 words, published Oct 2 2024 20 votes
Texas abortion ban linked to 13% increase in infant and newborn deaths ~science medicine Article 577 words 54 votes
mRNA melanoma vaccine halves the risk of death and recurrence ~health medicine Article 620 words, published Jun 4 2024 16 votes
A major initiative to scale up water chlorination in India ~health Article 1816 words, published Apr 30 2024 4 votes
New data shows deadly cost of US officials' failures with COVID in prisons ~health Article 1512 words, published Apr 18 2024 14 votes
America’s prison system is turning into a de facto nursing home ~life Article 2349 words, published Apr 8 2024 20 votes
Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world – unfortunately these achievements don't extend to foreign-born mothers ~life.women Article 707 words, published Feb 12 2024 15 votes
Studies note higher risk of death, impaired health up to two years after COVID infection ~health Article 201 words, published Aug 22 2023 23 votes
Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds ~health healthcare medicine Article 644 words, published Aug 18 2023 58 votes
The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis ~health fitness Article 4032 words 11 votes
The impact of vaccines and behavior on US cumulative deaths from COVID-19 ~health medicine Link 9 votes
Maternal deaths are expected to rise under US abortion bans, but the increase may be hard to measure ~health Article 2031 words 18 votes
Idaho drops panel investigating pregnancy-related deaths as US maternal mortality surges ~life.women Article 1337 words 83 votes
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, says ‘thrilling’ study ~health medicine Article 741 words 11 votes
To prepare for future pandemics, we can learn from the OECD's top two performers: New Zealand and Iceland ~health medicine Article 8 votes
Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates: Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications ~health medicine Article 754 words 12 votes
Outbreak - Simplified simulations of a disease outbreak with tweakable parameters (like transmission and mortality rates) to show how epidemics can unfold ~health Link 5 votes
Psychological language on Twitter predicts county-level heart disease mortality ~science psychology medicine Article 3950 words 3 votes
Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren't doing it. ~health.mental Article 5166 words 10 votes