What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.

Violence has been falling for several years. But last year for the first time, all seven categories of violent crime tracked ...
The Economist

Why overdose deaths are falling in America

This indicates that drug dealers were finding it harder to source fentanyl and were turning to shrinkflation. “Lots of things can reduce overdoses, but there’s only one thing that can reduce overdoses ...
UPI

United States had 1.5 million excess deaths following COVID-19 pandemic

Excess deaths in the United States have continued to mount following the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an early demise for hundreds of thousands, a new study says. More than 1.5 million "missing ...
WTOP News

CDC finds 4% drop in US death rate in 2024. Experts say decline may be due to COVID

(NEW YORK) — The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows. The ...