Excess mortality for Americans aged 65 or older dropped from more than 20% at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic to only 1.3% in the past year – according to a new analysis from the Society of ...

A global consortium representing 27 institutions has published findings comparing mortality in the previous five years to deaths between January and August 2020 in the first wave of the pandemic.

A new report by the World Health Organisation has estimated that around 22.1 million excess deaths worldwide were linked to the Covid-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2023. The findings highlight the ...

The coronavirus has now taken 300,000 lives globally, according to official figures. But depending on the way deaths are counted, the real human cost could be far greater. The official figures include ...

COVID-19 might seem like a distant memory but for life insurance executives unexpectedly high mortality rates remain a stubborn reminder. And it’s starting to look like it might not correct itself ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Excess mortality among early adults was 34.6% higher than anticipated in 2019. Excess mortality in 2023 for that ...

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers struggled to grasp the rate of the virus’s spread and the number of related deaths. While hospitals tracked cases and deaths within their walls, ...

Racial inequality in US infant and child mortality rates have not decreased in 70 years, with Black Americans having nearly twice the risk for death compared to their White counterparts. HealthDay ...