Evidence is mounting that the disease is most likely to result in serious illness or death among the elderly and people with existing health problems. It has little effect on most children, for ...

The fatality rate for the new coronavirus keeps changing. For weeks it remained at around 2%, then it seemed to drop to 1% before climbing above 3%. What gives?

In Massachusetts, Louisiana and Minnesota, case fatality rates are up 2 points, to 5.3 percent, 6.2 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively. Massachusetts has been hit particularly hard.

There was a major decline in the case-fatality rate -- the number of coronavirus deaths divided by known cases -- compared to an earlier phase in the epidemic. However, "groundbreaking therapies ...

They wrote that symptomatic case–fatality ratio (sCFR) is essentially the proportion of persons who have been infected and show symptoms who go on to die throughout their SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The case fatality rate for the seasonal flu is about 0.1 to 0.2%. It means that for every 10,000 people with a documented case of the flu, 10 to 20 will die. This method of calculation is often ...

Case Fatality Rate (CFR) measures the severity of disease by defining the total number of deaths as a proportion of reported cases at a specific time.

The case-fatality rate exists alongside another statistic: the mortality rate — deaths divided by the total population — which reflects the spread of the disease within the population.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Natalie Dean, an assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, about the real fatality rates of COVID-19 — and why estimates vary.

Confirmed measles cases in the U.S. have reached a 30-year high, prompting health experts to urge vaccination.

Pediatric case fatality rates have increased over the past decade, driven by a reduction in nonfatal injuries and increasing fatal injuries, according to a research brief published online Oct. 5 ...

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