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.

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Life expectancy rose from 30 to nearly 80 years as infectious diseases gave way to chronic conditions like heart disease, ...

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 ...

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