Iowa's age-adjusted rate of new cancer cases is second in the U.S., behind only Kentucky. Iowa is also one of just two states where the rate of new cancer cases is rising. Not every form of cancer is ...

The U.S. saw roughly 3.07 million deaths in 2024, with a notable 3.8% drop in the overall age-adjusted death rate compared to 2023. Mortality fell across most age, sex, and racial/ethnic groups, ...

After her husband died two years ago, Ena Kane, 83, moved to Sonoma County to be near her son. She’d been living in retirement in Florida for many years and the loss, after 54 years of marriage, left ...

From 2022 to 2023, there was a decrease in the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose death in the United States, according to a report published in the February Health E-Stats, a publication of the ...

While heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for over a century, the past 50 years have seen a substantial decrease (66%) in overall age-adjusted heart disease death rates, ...

“Why does Iowa have the 2nd Highest and Fastest Rising Cancer Rate in the United States?” That was the headline of the Iowa Cancer Registry’s 2024 report, a question that intrigued reporters for ...