The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) recently released a report finding that much of the United States is not keeping up with worldwide gains in life expectancy. Overall, "more than ...

(CNN) — Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drop. After falling 2.4 years ...

In the United States, how long a person lives can vary substantially depending on where in the country they reside. Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published ...

Life expectancy gap between the least and most educated widened to nearly 11 years by 2019, highlighting the urgent need to address education as a key social determinant of health. Study: Life ...

Life expectancy disparities in the US have widened to 20.4 years by 2021, exacerbated by structural inequities and the COVID-19 pandemic. The study identifies 10 distinct "Americas," highlighting ...

American life expectancy has stagnated since 2010 after decades of steady progress. While recent research has characterized this trend as a “double jeopardy” affecting both working-age adults and ...

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ...