The United States death rate fell to its lowest point ever in 2025, putting national life expectancy on track to reach a record high, according to new federal data. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

While life expectancy across the U.S. declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health ...

A handwritten note by Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has called attention to the declining life expectancy of U.S. citizens. The note highlighted the ...

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, and economics in America are killing us sooner, and what we can do to change ...

The average life expectancy in the U.S. has been on the decline for three consecutive years. A baby born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, which is down from 78.7 the year before, ...

NIH opened its research facility construction grants to for-profit companies and local governments. Who can apply, how much is available, and the key rules. In an AAP survey, 40% of pediatricians said ...

New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.