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 ...

The US death rate just hit a record low, and there's reason to hope the trend will continue.

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

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Americans continued to live longer in 2025 as the nation’s death rate dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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Dysautonomia describes a group of conditions affecting your autonomic nervous system. This system controls automatic functions of the nervous system, like breathing and heartbeat. Certain changes in ...