A New York State requirement that all hospitals report compliance with protocols to treat severe sepsis and septic shock appears […]
Call for a unified approach to preventing suicides and other self-injury deaths
Self-injury mortality (SIM), a composite of all methods of suicide and estimated non-suicide deaths from drug self-intoxication, has surpassed diabetes […]
Heat-driven air conditioning may contribute to additional deaths
(HealthDay)—In what can be described as a vicious catch-22, approximately 5 to 9 percent of exacerbated air-pollution-related deaths will be […]
Ebola deaths in DR Congo rises to 49 with 2,000 feared ‘contacts’
The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has now claimed 49 lives since the start of the month, the […]
Heatwave deaths will rise steadily by 2080 as globe warms up
If people cannot adapt to future climate temperatures, deaths caused by severe heatwaves will increase dramatically in tropical and subtropical […]