Maternal deaths in Washington state rose in 2021 and 2022 compared to previous years, according to a report released by the ...

Nia Kindred received four to 15 years in prison despite not inflicting the fatal injuries to her 18-month-old son Jaxxon ...

Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to final figures released Thursday. The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That ...

Dozens of people have died in accidental drownings in Connecticut since early 2021, according to data from the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In total, between March 28, 2021 and July 13 ...

Manda Lagway had one question for Xavier Davis after a jury delivered a death sentence in the 2021 killings of a Houston child and her parents. Why, she asked. The judge told her Davis was prohibited ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. There were 26.4 deaths per 100,000 people from diabetes, according to ...

In December 2021, former NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas was found unconscious at his home in Georgia and later pronounced dead at age 33. Thomas, who played in the NFL from 2010-19, was ...

The Harris County Criminal Justice Center is located in downtown Houston. 32-year-old Xavier Davis, a man accused in the 2021 slaying of a Houston family of three, was sentenced to death following a ...

There were over 1.5 million "missing Americans" in 2022 and 2023, deaths that would have been averted if US mortality rates matched those of peer countries. Excess US deaths have been increasing for ...