The U.S. death rate in 2025 was 4.6% lower than in 2024, marking a record low, according to provisional data.

Life expectancy varies greatly around the world. See which countries have the highest and lowest life expectancy.

Human life expectancy has potentially been pushed to the max, new research suggests. The recent increase in people's longevity appears to be slowing down despite new developments in medicine, ...

People are living longer nowadays. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average life ...

Public health in America continues to falter as it is underfunded and not prioritized by the federal and state governments as well as the healthcare industries. After two years of dramatic decline in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo illustration by Getty Images. The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 ...

NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers ...