New research finds that if the parents or caregivers of a child under 16 die, the child's immune function is negatively affected later.

When researchers asked people who lost loved ones to recall moments of grief, their blood pressure escalated as a result.

Eight areas of life critical to health and well-being totally account for why Black adults in the US have a higher risk of early death.

A new study finds intriguing evidence of activity in the brains of comatose patients who died following cardiac arrest.

A new approach that uses artificial intelligence and Twitter language predicts opioid death rates much more accurately than current methods.

People who have pregnancy complications or deliver preterm may have a higher risk of death decades later, researchers report.

The mortality rate for pregnant people with sickle cell disease is 26 times higher than the national average, research finds.

New research with veterans finds a connection between DNA methylation signals of accelerated cellular aging and PTSD.

Progress in closing a persistent gap in excess stillbirths experienced by Black women compared with white women has also stalled.

Extreme heat takes a deadly toll on people in Texas prisons without air conditioning, a new study shows.