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Deaths due to criminal activity was more than the deaths caused by terrorist attacks or armed conflicts, according to the Global Study on Homicide...

Every 10 minutes in 2024, a woman was intentionally killed by a partner or family member, showing a grim upward trend, according...

Female bodybuilders are facing an unusually high risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a landmark global study published in the European Heart Journal on...

Competitive bodybuilding is often admired for its physical discipline and aesthetic extremes. Yet, a new study published in the European Heart Journal...

The number of people held in prisons worldwide has risen again, reaching 11.5 million in 2022, after a decrease during the COVID-19...

Cocaine production hits a record high in 2022, fuelling violence and health crises globally. Slug record-high-cocaine-production-2022

Nearly 89,000 women and girls were intentionally killed (femicide) in 2022, marking the highest yearly number in the past two decades. This alarming figure comes despite an overall drop in homicides, said a new research brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women.

A groundbreaking study has unveiled distressing findings about US mortality rates compared to other affluent countries. If the United States had similar mortality rates as its peers, over one million lives could have been saved in 2021 alone. Termed the "Missing Americans," these excess deaths have become a matter of concern for experts like Boston University's epidemiologist, Jacob Bor.

The United States saw an increase in the number of children and teens killed by gunfire, according to an analysis by the...

Do you know how many people die due to injuries and vioelnce a day? A new report from the World Health oprganisation...