The latest death data for the U.S. are in, and they paint an optimistic picture: The average American born in 2024 is now ...

Aging is one of the few things every living thing has in common. Humans, in particular, are living longer today than they did in the past. Much of this is due to societal advances such as vaccines, ...

Although some genes linked to life span have been identified, external environmental forces, such as disease or living ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Researchers are now suggesting that male and female lifespans continue to increase linearly, and have not ...

Death statistics for 2025 are not finalized, but preliminary data suggest that around 3.05 million deaths have been recorded.

NEW YORK — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to ...

The rise in human life expectancy may be slowing down after nearly doubling over the last century, new research suggests. Over the 19th and 20th centuries, there have been dramatic increases in how ...

Oral frailty can shorten your life expectancy, so those dreaded visits, drills and all, really are for your own good.

The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for ...