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 ...

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 ...

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, and economics in America are killing us sooner, and what we can do to change ...

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Key Takeaways Average life expectancy in the year 1800 was no older than 40 years globally, but longer for those who survived childhood.Modern life expectancies of around ...

It is estimated that more than 10 million American adults consistently get less than seven hours of sleep every night. For long before there was any widespread understanding of the importance of ...

Black Americans in every state have lower life expectancies than their White peers by 4 years on average. This is largely due to the lower-quality care that Black communities receive for conditions ...

The city of Boston is aiming to close the gaps in life expectancy that have long impacted the Black communities. At a Feb. 27 press conference at the Yawkey Club of Roxbury, Mayor ...