World Bank Backs Contraception, Sexual Health in Africa's Sahel Region

... has seen its infant mortality rate drop by 25 percent over ...

Narcotics Agency: Drugs Kill 33 Indonesians Daily, Not 40-50

... as well as a death rate estimated at 33 succumbing per ... just 25.5 percent. The mortality rate is based on a combined ...

Flu Shot Said to Protect Against New Strain of H7N9

... concerns because of its high mortality rate (about 30 percent), making it ...

Commentary: Is the Sumatran Rhino Too Secretive to Be Saved?

... on remaining population numbers, their mortality rate and their genetic variability. Shocking ...

$755 Condoms Are Not Venezuela's Biggest Problem

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Commentary: Indonesia's Executions of Drug Convicts Based on Faulty Stats

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Why Getting Fitter Boosts Even the Survival of the Fattest

... their aerobic capacity at a rate of approximately 1 percent/year ... lose muscle mass at a rate of approximately 0.6 percent ... aerobic capacity at the same rate. Veteran or masters athletes are ... that fitness can offset the mortality risk of being overweight or ...