Global life expectancy at birth recovered from a two-year decline in 2022 but has yet to return to the record high hit in 2019. The most recent figures available from the World Bank indicate average ...

The latest death data for the U.S. are in, and they paint an optimistic picture: The average American born in 2024 is now ...

Health spending isn't just about budgets—it results in how long, and how well, people live.

NEW YORK — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to ...

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an increase in life expectancy was driven mainly by improvements in sanitation, housing, and education, causing a steady decline in early and ...