Despite medical innovations, maternal mortality rates in the US remain high, especially compared with those of similarly wealthy countries.

Doulas help navigate pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Though the process hasn’t been without problems, the ...

The following is a summary of “Demographic and regional trends of sepsis mortality in the United States, 1999–2022,” published in the April 2025 issue of BMC Infectious Diseases by Morrissey et al. Re ...

All-cause mortality increased in 2020 to 2021 nationwide, with a slower increase in Medicaid expansion states, according to a study.

The growing morbidity, mortality, and health care costs related to heart failure (HF) underscore the urgent need to ...

In mechanically ventilated patients with ARDS, the treatment effect of neuromuscular blockade on mortality likely varies with respiratory elastance.

The Medical University of South Carolina has launched a new program to tackle the death rate in new mothers. The Palmetto ...

Apparently, loneliness and depression are the new smoking. In fact, recent studies show that loneliness and depression are ...

Mass General emergency medicine director Dr. Ali Raja explains a study that found a high mortality rate amongst women months ...

Researchers from the National Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Technical University of ...