Guns killed more than 4,300 children and adolescents in 2020, surpassing motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among people age 1 to 19.

Almost two thirds of people who have an acute stroke die within a decade. Researchers say the findings show a need for better patient care.

Scientists conducted a simulation study that projected the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in every state.

The brain can count small numbers or compare large ones. But it struggles to understand the value of a single large number. This fact may be influencing how people react to numbers about the pandemic.

Moderna will ask the FDA to allow emergency use for its vaccine in children as young as 6 months, a step many parents have been anticipating.

"We know it's not just different demographics alone. It's the structural, economic, and social factors that define those places..."

New research finds a link between severe financial strain and higher risk of death within six months of getting out of the hospital for a heart attack.

Robots replacing people on factory floors may lead to more "deaths of despair" among working-age adults in the US, new research shows.