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Cancer mortality drops 34% as treatments and early detection improve

The 2026 cancer statistics reveal improved survival rates but highlight persistent inequities in cancer incidence and ...
BMJ Global Health

Integration of azithromycin mass administration to 1–11-month-old children into an existing health platform to reduce child mortality: a cluster-randomised trial in Burki…

Background Azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) to ages 1–59 months can reduce childhood mortality; however, more ...
Radio Angulo

Holguin Ends 2025 with the Fourth Lowest Infant Mortality Rate in Cuba

The province of Holguin ended 2025 with an infant mortality rate of 6.42 per 1,000 live births. The fourth lowest in Cuba, with more than 6,000 births in the eastern territory. Alberto Rubén Piriz ...
BMJ

The use of the raw pulse/breathing rate ratio (PBR) as a predictor of mortality and criticality in the emergency department: a retrospective study

1 Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China Objectives To explore the relationships between the pulse/breathing rate ratio (PBR) and the risk of ...
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South Carolina sees increase in infant mortality rates, according to DPH report

COLUMBIA, S.C. — New data from the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) shows the state’s infant mortality rate is increasing, placing South Carolina among the worst in the nation and ...