Background Reduction of premature mortality is a UN Sustainable Development Goal.
Unlike other high-income countries, age-adjusted mortality in the USA plateaued in 2010 …

Background COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, has caused a pandemic,
sparing few regions. However, limited reports suggest differing infection and death rates …

Background Although life expectancy has been projected to increase across high-income
countries, gains for the USA are anticipated to be among the smallest, and overall US death …

Importance Socioeconomic status affects pregnancy and neurodevelopment, but its
association with hospital outcomes among premature infants is unknown. The Area …

Background Increasing premature mortality among some groups of Americans has been
largely driven by increases in drug poisoning deaths. However, to our knowledge, a formal …

Abstract The middle Paleozoic (∼ 420-350 Myr) records a major increase in ocean-
atmosphere oxygen levels; however, the timing and pattern of oxygenation are poorly …

In Japan, cervical cancer incidence has increased since the late 1990s especially among
young women, despite a decreasing trend in most developed countries. Here, we examined …

This study presents chromium-isotope data (expressed as δ 53 Cr) and chromium
concentrations (Cr) of surface seawater (0–2 m depth) from a variety of locations worldwide …

Objective: There has been an increase in the use of social network analysis in studies of
peer socialization effects on adolescent substance use. Some researchers argue that social …

Background Incidence of estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, an aggressive
subtype, is highest in US African American women and in Southern residents but has …