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The differences in U.S. life expectancy are so large it's as if the population lives in separate Americas instead of one.

Shifting weather and rising heating costs create wintertime threats, namely among the elderly and other at-risk groups.

A new study estimates global stillbirths down to 20 weeks' gestation.

Introducing a new way to measure the health impacts of community-based food programs and farmers markets.

Over the last 18 months, the LATAM Network has charted progress on the commitment to strengthen the GBD Network and institutional partnerships in the region.

Dr. Samar al-Hajj, founder of the Middle East and North Africa Program for Advanced Injury Research, shares her experience as a GBD Collaborator.

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) National Data Management and Analytics Center for Health (NDMC), in collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), has embarked on a transformative journey to revolutionize health data management and utilization for better health outcomes in Ethiopia and beyond.

IHME Engagement Officer Brian Whaley sat down with Aga Khan University's Zainab Samad to discuss how the two institutes are partnering to further health research in Pakistan.

J. Stephen Morrison discusses the findings of the 5th IHME annual report Financing Global Health 2023 with Dr. Angela Apeagyei and Dr. Chris Murray.

In GBD 2021, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, through myriad mechanisms, is a central theme, but GBD reminds us that other macro trends have continued even as the world has gone through a major health shock.

Jaimie Steinmetz and Theo Vos from the Institute of Health Metrics and Katrin Seeher and Tarun Dua from WHO join Heather Brown and Lauren Southwell to discuss new data on the global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system. The Article is published in the April issue of The Lancet Neurology.

Anemia is a major health problem, with nearly 2 billion people affected globally. It afflicts more people worldwide than low back pain or diabetes – or even anxiety and depression combined.