Women in the U.S. can expect to live shorter lives than women in similarly wealthy nations, according to a brief from the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit research group focused on health care. In the ...

The story of how long Americans live is one of the most revealing chapters in the nation’s history. Life expectancy numbers ...

Anyone facing required minimum withdrawals from retirement accounts should note there's been a change to calculating those amounts. Starting this year, new IRS life expectancy tables — which are used ...

Americans’ life expectancy is expected to stall by 2050 because of increasing obesity and drug use, researchers said this week. Right now, the country is on an upward trajectory, but improvements are ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took two years to publish the final U.S. State Life Tables for 2021. The government will use the tables to run programs like Social Security and ...

Females have "backup" X chromosomes, said study author Fernando Colchero, which can help defend against genetic mutations Males are also more likely to engage in riskier behavior, especially when ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...