(Andrey Sayfutdinov/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A worrying health pattern for some of the Gen X and Millennial crowd has been ...

The estimated life expectancy at birth for Washington, D.C., was 77.4 years in 2023, according to data released by the City Health Dashboard.

A mega-study of 117 mammal species reveals that limiting reproduction increases life expectancy by up to 10 percent.

According to the report, Black men have borne the brunt of the gap. In 2024, the life expectancy for Black men in the city was 74.4 years, 7.7 years fewer than the rest of the men in the city, whose ...

The biggest risk for many during their retirement years is running out of money. That’s the core issue that longer life expectancies create. Longevity risk, or the chance that savings don’t last as ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte A sweeping cohort-based analysis of four decades of mortality data reveals how cardiovascular deaths, external causes, and generational health patterns are reshaping longevity in ...

A study tracks how the North American Free Trade Agreement and trade competition with Mexico led to earlier deaths for American factory workers.

If you think you know how long a retirement-age American is likely to live, try taking our one-question quiz. Most people get ...

U.S. president Donald Trump and his wife Melania have a 24-year age difference. According to a study, this could negatively ...

The average Black man in Boston lives to 71.8 years – a life expectancy 9.3 years less than that of other men in Boston and the lowest of all groups included in a study released last week by the ...

New health data released last week showed that life expectancy rates for American Indian and Alaska Natives increased by 4.5 years, the largest increase among racial and ethnic groups,according to a ...

Schweitzer, K. Study points to biology-not just behavior- in the mortality gap between males and females. JAMA, published online, February 20, 2026 Anderer, S. Cardiovascular disease risk climbs ...