A new study from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found major disparities in life expectancy between individual U.S. states.

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

Life expectancy in the West is around 80 years today. Two key questions arise: what was it before capitalist development began (in around 1650-1700) and what factors have contributed to this huge ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Over the past 150 years, humanity has unleashed unimaginable energy by splitting ...

Black men had the lowest life expectancy of any major demographic group at 72 years, more than nine years lower than men of other racial groups.

A new Boston Public Health Commission report found Black women in Boston die at 80, on average, six years earlier than other women. Black men average nine fewer years of life than others, living to 72 ...

Local officials respond to a report that reveals a 17-year life expectancy gap between two Wilmington neighborhoods.