CDC finds 4% drop in US death rate in 2024. Experts say decline may be due to COVID
The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows., writes Megha Gupta, MD, resident physician in neurology.
Colon cancer is rising in people under 50. Does lifestyle have anything to do with it?
William Chapman, Jr., MD, assistant professor of colon and rectal surgery
FACT FOCUS: Rural hospitals are expected to lose money from Trump’s bill, despite RFK Jr.’s promise
Timothy McBride, the Bernard Becker Professor of Public Health
Trump wants a ‘Department of War.’ Here’s why it’s not called that anymore.
Krister Knapp, teaching professor in history
What is a famine and who declares one?
Mark Manary, MD, the Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics
Why Covid Is Spreading Again This Summer
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center
Study saying monthly cash won’t help children’s health is highly misleading — even irresponsible
In the richest society in the world, basic protections for the health and thriving of children in the first years of life require resources that amount to a tiny fraction of the federal budget, write Joan Luby and Deanna Barch.
How the Supreme Court could wind up scrapping high-profile precedents in coming months
Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor
One Thing: What Trump’s DC Takeover is Really About
Trevor Gardner, professor of law
Trump’s Infant Savings Accounts Are One Big Marketing Ploy
Michael Sherraden, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor
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