U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It's the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the ...

The family of an EMT with the Kansas City Fire Department who died in 2020 from complications of COVID-19, hug in front of the Firefighters Fountain and Memorial in Penn Valley Park. Deaths from COVID ...

This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. Life expectancy in California dropped in ...

This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. Life expectancy in North Carolina ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on ...

SOUTH THAT WILL BE UP ABOVE 60 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS NEW STUDY SHOWING THAT LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE UNITED STATES, IT VARIES BY AS MUCH AS 20 YEARS DEPENDING ON RACE, ETHNICITY ...

This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. Life expectancy in Kansas declined in ...

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 ...