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Since January, Australia has recorded more than 220 diphtheria cases. Experts say waning vaccination rates are contributing to this historic outbreak.
Authorities are racing to contain a suspected outbreak of a rare respiratory disease. A microbiologist explains what it is and how it spreads.
Cancer death rates in the UK have hit a record low, but the picture is more complicated than the headline figure suggests.
Analysis of mortality data spanning 450 regions in Europe is categorical: longevity across the continent is a two-tier affair.
A study of 590,000 people finds modest changes to sleep, exercise and diet are linked to better ageing.
A study of 38,000 adults identified blood protein signatures linked to higher mortality risk. They cannot predict death, but they could help guide earlier care.
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventional wisdom.
Tropical cyclones can be even more deadly – and for a wider range of reasons – than we ever thought.
The main causes of youth deaths were shown to be injury, violence, suicide, road traffic accidents and substance abuse.
Data collected during and after the pandemic continue to be analysed. Excess mortality figures reveal a significant and varied loss of life expectancy in Europe.
Death data in the US is fragmented, incomplete and inconsistent. The consequences of undercounted deaths and lack of real-time tracking continue to be felt with each new public health crisis.
Is our lifespan primarily dictated by our genetics, or do our behaviour and environment play the more important role?
Children placed in state care from 1950 to 1999 have had significantly shorter average life expectancies than the wider population, this new analysis shows.
Donald Trump’s own fears of physical and social vulnerability have helped compel his dangerous projections of power.
A new book outlines the ways in which austerity has been the biggest driver of shorter life expectancy in Britain.
While long COVID may not be immediately or directly life-threatening, it could exacerbate existing conditions.
Australia has been known for having among the highest life expectancies in the world. But our new research shows that may only be true for older people, with those born after 1970 faring much worse.
Breathing wildfire smoke can cut years off people’s lives. As fires become more frequent in a warming world, smoke is leading to a public health crisis, harming people far from the flames.
Detailed data on the ages at which people die can give good indications of a person’s remaining life span.
Top contributors
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Docteur, spécialiste des méthodes de prévision (mortalité, longévité, etc.), Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Démographe et économiste, spécialiste des inégalités territoriales, Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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DPhil, Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Digital Health, Monash University
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Director Strategy and Partnerships, African Academy of Sciences, African Academy of Sciences
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at the Monash Health [Health and Social Care Unit], Monash University
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Professor of Actuarial Science, University of Kent
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Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Process Redesign, Flinders University
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Professor, Victoria University