Experts tell STAT what’s keeping Americans from reaching better cardiovascular health — and what’s giving them hope.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., but research shows that at least 42% of new cancer cases are ...

The researchers found that 80% of those who got a short course of chemotherapy first lived at least five more years, and 72% ...

Since 1970, 37 countries have cut the probability of their citizens dying before they reach age 70 in half, a milestone that ...

Coroner Amelia Steel said the cause of Knott’s death was hypertensive ... “I’m 100% convinced that his death was preventable that day,” she told the Herald. ‘Code red’ and the 4.5 ...

Since 1970, 37 countries have cut the probability of their citizens dying before they reach age 70 in half, a milestone that ...

Childhood immunisations and low-cost prevention and treatments combined with new health technologies may help reduce premature deaths by 50 per cent, according to a new study published by The ...

The commission points out, for example, that smoking remains one of the biggest causes of preventable mortality in many parts of the world, causing more than 8 million deaths worldwide annually ...

CDC data shows that whooping cough cases are rising in the U.S. Experts say routine immunization is the best way to prevent ...

It suggested measures such as“expanding childhood immunisations and low-cost prevention and treatments for common causes of preventable death, combined with scaling up financing to develop new h ...