Recovering from the deadly impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, life expectancy in the US has seen a sharp rebound, drawing closer to the pre-pandemic levels. Life expectancy registered a fall of 2.4 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Across the United States, a sweeping new body of research is drawing a stark line between how much we sleep and how long we live. By zooming in at the county level, scientists are finding that ...