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Over the past several decades, the overweight and obesity epidemic in the USA has resulted in a significant health and economic burden.

In 2021, an estimated 750,000 people died from malaria. Despite this significant burden, globally, malaria incidence and mortality rates have substantially dropped over the last 30 years.

A new analysis reveals stark disparities within the United States and highlights the urgency of tackling deeply rooted structural inequalities through social programs.

Years of education, household consumption, and expected lifespan—and thus the Human Development Index—varied considerably among adults in the USA during the 2008–21 period.

Analyze estimates of the world’s need for rehabilitation services from 1990 to 2021.

In 2021, the global stillbirth rate was 23 per 1000 births at 20 weeks’ gestation or longer, compared to 16 per 1000 births at 28 weeks’ gestation or longer.

Explore progress made toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1990–2023 and projections to 2030.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, essential health services experienced significant disruptions, impacting preventive and chronic care across the world.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a vascular disease characterised by restricted flow and high pressure through the pulmonary arteries, leading to progressive right heart failure and death.

We estimated that 4.22 million people in the US (1.62% of adults) had glaucoma and 1.49 million people (0.57% of adults) had vision-affecting glaucoma in 2022.

On behalf of the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC), Dr. Madeleine Ballard, global health leader and CEO of CHIC, is the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s 2024 Roux Prize winner.

Evidence suggests that prenatal air pollution exposure alters DNA methylation (DNAm), which could go on to affect long-term health.

Explore patterns in future smoking scenarios from 2022 to 2050.

Smoking is the leading behavioural risk factor for mortality globally, accounting for more than 175 million deaths and nearly 4·30 billion years of life lost (YLLs) from 1990 to 2021.

By 2050, deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections could rise by roughly two-thirds unless the world intervenes.

Populations in rural communities have more limited access to health care and attention than urban populations.

Up-to-date estimates of stroke burden and attributable risks and their trends at global, regional, and national levels are essential for evidence-based health care, prevention, and resource allocation planning.