One of the most powerful public health measures is simply recording every birth and death. In rural Colombia, as in much of the world, it’s a lot harder than it sounds. Dr. Diana Hidalgo, left, and Dr ...

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...

Ranchi: Taking a significant step towards making the registration process of death and birth certificates in Ranchi more robust, transparent and time-.

The West Virginia Department of Health has changed its death certificate process to improve access for families, according to a community announcement. The West Virginia Health Statistics Center will ...

Several services at the Cook County Clerk's Office, including creating and distributing paper copies of birth, death and marriage certificates were delayed following the death of Cook County Clerk ...

New neuroscience is challenging our understanding of the dying process—bringing opportunities for the living. The Biggest Questions is a mini-series that explores how technology is helping probe some ...

Timescales are of fundamental importance to evolutionary biology as they facilitate hypothesis tests of historical evolutionary processes. Through the incorporation of fossil occurrence data, the ...

Before the Civil War, when embalming fallen soldiers to preserve them long enough to ship back home prompted the birth of the funeral industry in the U.S., we were all death doulas. I would argue that ...