An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live ...

The average life expectancy in the United States hit a record high of 79 in 2024, a report from the Centers for Disease ...

Good news came Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics: Life expectancy is increasing!

People in the United States are living longer than ever before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

The increase signals a rebound from declines during the pandemic and progress with the opioid crisis.

The life expectancy for Americans increased to 79 years in 2024 from 78.4 in 2023, according to a January data brief published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Researchers are now suggesting that male and female lifespans continue to increase linearly, and have not ...

As I have noted in a recent blog post, life expectancies at older ages have increased notably in the US over the past several decades, providing justification for raising formal retirement ages in ...

Here's what you will learn when you read this story: Researchers found that the gains in average life expectancy during the last century are unlikely to continue. The reasons for that increase were a ...

The "model minority" myth holds that certain ethnic groups—for example, Asian Americans—are well-educated, hardworking, ...