A new study highlights worrying differences in life expectancy trends across the United States, showing that states are far from equal when it comes to implementing public health measures and ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the planet's greatest driver of year-to-year climate swings, shapes temperature, ...

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.

Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. were among the areas with the highest life expectancy rates in the U.S. Researchers collected data using life expectancy patterns based on birth groups from ...

The life expectancy for Connecticut women is six years longer than it was 50 years ago, and Connecticut men are living seven years longer, according to data released recently. The average life ...

While the average life expectancy has been rising worldwide over the past century, new research found the average life expectancy actually fell significantly in three countries where policy changes ...

New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that insufficient sleep may shorten your life. The study ...

Having a greater number of missing or decayed teeth has been linked to a shorter life expectancy in a new study.