A new study highlights worrying differences in life expectancy trends across the United States, showing that states are far from equal when it comes to implementing public health measures and ...

In the United States, how long a person lives can vary substantially depending on where in the country they reside. Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published ...

93 colored candles on a cake are being lit. Over the last 200 years, life expectancy in the US has doubled, now the average life expectancy is 78.8 years. This longevity is due to better health care ...

Demography professor Samuel Preston said he supports healthcare reform — but unfortunately, his research doesn’t. Two of Preston’s recent papers suggest that the United States’ low life expectancy, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped sharply in the last two years, ...

Prisons have poor medical care, violence and mental health issues that lead to suicide. New studies are recognizing these ...

Alabama is one of eight Southern states that has shown the weakest growth in life expectancy over the last 125 years. That’s according to a study which examined about 179 million deaths across the ...