When my daughter was only 5 weeks old, she stopped breathing in my arms. After a panicked drive to the emergency room, she tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common ...

"In the last three months, three deaths occurred during childbirth. The mortality rate has decreased when compared to earlier," he defended. Basavaraj, deputy director of the women and child ...

The assumed long-term rate of annual mortality improvement in 2047 for the UK and each of its countries has been set at 1.1% for ages 0 to 90 years. Lower long-term rates of annual mortality ...

A new study found that U.S. infant mortality rates overall are dropping, but that rates of sudden unexpected infant death may have increased in recent years. By Catherine Pearson Rates of sudden ...

Taxpayer money has been spent on a research project that used methods such as whale song and whale-oil potions to treat Kauri dieback. The project, funded through the National Science Challenges ...

When it comes to infant mortality, the United States ranks 54th in the world. That's about three times that of Japan, Singapore or Slovenia. Within the U.S., Ohio is in the bottom 25 percent of ...