A person's age is one of the best predictors of how much longer they are likely to live. This is the main idea behind life expectancy. Life expectancy is a statistical measure of how long a person is ...

About 805,000 people in the United States have a heart attack each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though it is common and fatal in serious cases, most people make a ...

After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live. By Dana G. Smith The oldest human on ...

For decades, Social Security was built around the idea that most Americans would spend a meaningful stretch of life in retirement. That assumption is now being quietly tested. The full retirement age ...

The record-high life expectancy comes on the heels of former Mayor Eric Adams’ HealthyNYC initiative, which targets the key ...

The state’s life expectancy was lower in 2024 than in 2019, according to an analysis, but primarily as a result of causes of death other than Covid. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn If the nation’s largest ...