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From Tasmania to the Top End, Australia's forest trees are dying at higher rates due to climate change, according to new ...

While driving is such an ordinary part of life, many people lose their lives each year as a result of vehicle-related accidents. In fact, the World Health Organization estimates that road-related ...

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that severe cases of yellow fever have a case fatality rate of up to 60%, most severe cases of yellow fever have a case fatality rate of ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania has tested positive for the highly contagious Marburg disease, a virus with a ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The risk for death from COVID-19 is 1.38% overall, according to a new study. However, the fatality ...

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reported a record low fatality rate in 2023 with their goal to increase road safety. According to a TxDOT news release, the fatality rate for the 2023 ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Arkansas ranked fourth in motor-vehicle fatality rates in the U.S. in 2022, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI). ACHI released a study detailing the state's ...

By Doris ObinnaLassa fever has claimed 206 lives across Nigeria in 2025, with five deaths recorded in a single week, pushing the case fatality rate (CFR) to an alarming 23.8 per cent for the week and ...