While heart disease and cancer remain top causes, notable declines in overdose and COVID-19 deaths drove the improvement.

New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as ...

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

A new CDC report released Wednesday shows the U.S. death rate hit its lowest point in more than a century in 2025, suggesting ...

A new report from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that life expectancy in the United States is, on average, 78.6 years versus 81.3 ...

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

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, ...