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New data just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that children of parents who suffered deaths of despair have nearly double the risk for suicide or self-harm. Deaths of ...

The fires that ravaged Los Angeles at the beginning of this year took 31 lives by the official count, but new research estimates there were hundreds more deaths that are attributable to the disaster.

There were over 1.5 million "missing Americans" in 2022 and 2023, deaths that would have been averted if US mortality rates matched those of peer countries. Excess US deaths have been increasing for ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. There were 26.4 deaths per 100,000 people from diabetes, according to ...

The number of deaths in the U.S. is expected to exceed the number of births by 2033, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual 30-year projection of the U.S. population released on ...

Among different age groups, the oldest had the highest cold-related death rate. Those 75 and older saw a rate of 42 per 1 million people in 2022. Older people are more susceptible to the cold in part ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

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ASHEVILLE - As the North Carolina Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner nears a final death count after Tropical Storm Helene — with examinations completed on everyone found deceased as of Oct.

At least 24 people have died in connection with Hurricane Milton's statewide destruction and flooding as of Monday, Oct. 14, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The number has ...