(CNN) — Life expectancy fell across the majority of high-income countries, signaling a collective and simultaneous decline among affluent nations for the first time in decades, a new study finds.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago’s average life expectancy bounced back to 78.7 years in 2023, nearly hitting its prepandemic peak — though large gaps ...

For most of human history, life unfolded quickly and ended abruptly. In the early 19th century, global life expectancy hovered around 30 years, shaped by war, famine, and the relentless churn of ...

Researchers found that the gains in average life expectancy during the last century are unlikely to continue. The reasons for that increase were a huge downturn in infant mortality along with medical ...

After more than a century of steady progress, new research warns that the world’s life expectancy boom is slowing, largely because improvements in early-life mortality have already been achieved.

NEW YORK(AP) — 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 ...

HOBOKEN, NJ - FEBRUARY 14: The sun sets on the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City as people stand on a pier in the Hudson River on February 14, 2026, in Hoboken, ...

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus caused life expectancy in California to drop significantly. It’s now been over two years since officials declared the pandemic-related public ...