New research links higher death rates among diabetic women with coronary calcium scores greater than 100.

Social adversity in early childhood appears to be a significant risk factor for death in early adulthood, a new study of one million children shows.

Death related to an irregular heartbeat, or atrial fibrillation, have declined over the past 45 years but still take years off a patient's life.

Deaths due to temperatures rising as a result of climate change could match the global death rate for all infectious diseases combined, researchers say.

New research examines how people articulate their sadness when a robot "dies," such as NASA's Opportunity rover.

While it's obvious that each death from COVID-19 has a ripple effect, new research is the first to nail down how many people will face that grief.

With news that the US bought almost the entire global supply of remdesivir, new research shows the drug saves more lives in places with overwhelmed ICUs.

New research provides a lives-for-lives comparison of economic shutdown versus business as usual during the pandemic.

While the CDC estimates heat contributes to 600 deaths in the US each year, new research finds that the number may be many more times that.

In addition, men who own a handgun are 8 times more likely to die of suicide by gun, according to the new study that followed new gun owners for years.