Singapore’s life expectancy fell for the first time on record, driven by higher mortality rates from Covid-19, which was the fifth most common cause of death in the city-state last year. Life ...

(left to right) Dr Dhrubajyoti Samanta, Senior Research Fellow at NTU’s Earth Observatory of Singapore; Associate Professor Wenjun Zhu, Deputy Head of Division of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business ...

Researchers found that life expectancy growth in wealthy nations has dramatically slowed since 1939. Once driven by major reductions in child mortality, longevity gains are now limited by slower ...