Gap between death rates in rural and urban areas tripled during past two decades
Death rates from chronic conditions like lung disease and cardiovascular disease and so-called “diseases of despair” such as opioid overdoses
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Variant sweeps Hungary to world-high weekly COVID death rate
Hungary had the world’s highest COVID-19 death rate compared to population over the last week, according to AFP data on
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Abundance of iron drives cell death and could inform novel treatments for neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is a cancer that develops in nerve tissue, most commonly in the glands around the kidneys. The gene MYCN
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Guinea Ebola death toll rises to four
A fourth Guinean Ebola patient died on Monday, the health agency said, as the government and aid groups began to
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Congo officials confirm 2nd death from Ebola in the east
A second case and death of Ebola has been recorded in Congo’s North Kivu province, according to officials. The victim
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Tocilizumab cuts progression to ventilation or death in COVID-19
(HealthDay)—Tocilizumab reduces the risk for progression to ventilation or death among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, according to a study
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COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 200,000 in the United States
MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 — As the U.S. COVID-19 case count neared 200,000 on Monday, public health experts debated whether
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John Prine's Final Song Underscores DNC Tribute to Those Lost to Coronavirus
John Prine's music is living on and helping to remember those lost to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in a new
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Global death toll tops 200,000 as some virus lockdowns eased
As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing lockdowns imposed
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Why the death numbers in Italy are so much higher than elsewhere in the world
Yet China holds the sad record of most of the Corona-Infected people in the world. But Italy is not far
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