Men and women have the same chances of contracting coronavirus, but mortality due to COVID-19 disease among women is lower than among men, according to Voice of America. Such data was previously illustrated by the situation in China and only confirmed by new statistics from other countries. For example, in Italy ...

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Wednesday, March 4, 13 US states reported confirmation of 100 cases of Chinese coronavirus infection. Of these, 30 were travel-related, 17…

The worst monsoon rains in the past 25 years have hit India, killing more than 1600 people. Writes about this New York Post. The monsoon, which usually lasts from June to September, has already brought 10 percent more rain than in ...

Most people in the world still die from cardiovascular disease, but in high-income countries, cancer has become the leading cause of death, killing patients more than twice as often, writes the BBC. These are the results of a large-scale study published in the Lancet and presented ...

Scientists at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena have ranked the countries with the highest death rates from malnutrition. The first 10 positions in it are occupied by the countries of the former USSR. The study was commissioned by the World Health Organization, it analyzed data from 51 European countries ...

The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads in 2018 reached its highest level since 1990, according to a new report by the Road Safety Association. According to the Association's experts, 2018 pedestrians were killed on the country's roads in 6, which ...

For the first time in history, deaths from opioid overdose in the United States have exceeded those from car accidents, according to a new report. Amid the country's ongoing opioid crisis, the National Safety Council, based on an analysis of US deaths in 2017 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes data on drug overdose deaths annually in every state. Recently, data for 2016 was published (this is the latest information available at the moment), writes CBS. States with the highest ...

Liver disease is an increasingly common cause of death in the United States, especially among young Americans, writes Time. A study published in the BMJ says that people between the ages of 24 and 35 are more likely to die from cirrhosis or liver scarring. Research data ...

Over the past nine months, the number of immigrants dying from extreme heat along the US-Mexico border has increased by 55%. Death from heat is the leading cause of death among migrants on the southwestern border of the United States, in October-June 2017-2018...