Official numbers may miss 20% of COVID deaths

The United States has just marked one million deaths from COVID-19. But a new study suggests that the true count is closer to 1.2 million deaths.

Jillian McKoy-Boston U. • futurity
May 16, 2022 ~7 min

Guns are now the #1 cause of death for kids and teens

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.

U. Michigan • futurity
April 22, 2022 ~6 min


How does where people live affect COVID-19 mortality rates?

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

U. Chicago • futurity
March 29, 2022 ~7 min

Money strain tied to higher death risk after heart attack

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.

Yale • futurity
March 8, 2022 ~7 min

How factory robots lead to human deaths

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

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
March 7, 2022 ~7 min

How factory robots lead to human deaths

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

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
March 7, 2022 ~7 min

Natural gas flares were behind dozens of early deaths in 2019

Flaring of natural gas from oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Feb. 28, 2022 ~5 min

Life-support saved fewer COVID patients as 2020 wore on

The life-support system ECMO offers sickest COVID patients a chance to survive, but a slimmer one than previously thought, according to new research.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Oct. 8, 2021 ~8 min


The opioid crisis isn’t the same in every place

Few if any communities in the US have escaped the opioid crisis, but that doesn't mean all communities have been affected the same way.

Lisa LaPoint-Tufts • futurity
Sept. 28, 2021 ~8 min

3 groups faced the highest overdose increases in 2020

As COVID-19 raged across the United States, drug overdose deaths reached unprecedented heights. New research breaks down who was most vulnerable.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Sept. 20, 2021 ~9 min

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