The Economist

Why overdose deaths are falling in America

This indicates that drug dealers were finding it harder to source fentanyl and were turning to shrinkflation. “Lots of things ...
Raleigh News & Observer

NC’s maternal mortality rate doubled in a 2-year stretch, data shows. Here’s why

North Carolina’s maternal mortality rate saw a 100% increase from 2019 to 2021 during the peak of the pandemic, data shows. AsiaVision Getty Images In a country that has one of the worst maternal ...
CNN

US death rate dropped back to pre-Covid levels in 2024, CDC report says

The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Centers for ...
MLive

Black babies in Michigan face triple the mortality rate of white infants before first birthday

Every August, for the past 22 years, Alesha Martin-Lane has mourned the loss of her daughter Tayler, who died at just five months old in 2003. Born prematurely with pediatric Graves’ disease—a rare ...
The Denver Post

Older Coloradans nearly back to pre-pandemic death rates, but middle-aged people dying younger than expected

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Older Coloradans have mostly recovered from a pandemic-era increase in death rates, but middle-aged people continue to die younger than expected, mostly from ...