Across the world, the death rate increases during the winter, a phenomenon called "excess winter mortality." It’s a curious fact that winter, sleigh bells and Valentine’s Day notwithstanding ...

There is some hyperpigmentation throughout the entire plaque. Although dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) are most common on the trunk, they have also been reported in virtually all locations ...

Introduction National Health Service hospitals and government agencies are increasingly using mortality rates to monitor the quality of inpatient care. Mortality and Morbidity (M&M) meetings, ...

Around the beginning of each year, I customarily write a column about how we’ve just had the “best year ever” in the long history of humanity. This annual eruption of exuberance outrages ...

This model allows nationwide mortality figures to currently be provided up until 31 December 2024. First comparable results for all Länder will be available about four weeks later. What is the impact ...

The age-standardised avoidable mortality rates (ASMR) for England and Wales in 2022 were 238.1 and 273.8 per 100,000 people, respectively; lower than 2020 (257.7 and 289.6 per 100,000) but still ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cattle across the United States, the country has recorded its first human death due the virus known as avian influenza A or H5N1.