Share on Pinterest Social isolation and loneliness are both associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, a large new study finds. izusek/Getty Images Social isolation and loneliness are ...

Olympic track stars aren’t supposed to die suddenly at age 32. And especially not while eight months pregnant. But that’s exactly what happened in May to sprinter Torie Bowie — a three-time Olympic ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the link between politics and health became glaringly obvious. Democrat-leaning “blue” states were more likely to enact mask requirements and vaccine and social ...

(Editor's Note: See this story for the latest update.) Despite some signs that excess mortality rates are declining, life insurance executives and actuaries believe the numbers are alarming and could ...

Working-age US adults are dying at far higher rates than their peers from high-income countries, even surpassing death rates in Central and Eastern European countries, and midlife mortality rates in ...

The sudden death of Olympic sprinter Tori Bowie at age 32 sent shockwaves around the world. The idea that a young, elite athlete could go into labor and die stunned many. But this problem is more ...

Objective To examine the associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality in older Japanese adults. Methods A total of 1723 independent Japanese ...

The comedian Woody Allen once mused: “What does it mean that man is mortal? Obviously not a compliment.” Even young children, typically by around eight years old, realize that people die and ...