In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, and economics in America are killing us sooner, and what we can do to change ...

The average life expectancy in the U.S. has been on the decline for three consecutive years. A baby born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, which is down from 78.7 the year before, ...

The U.S. spends more on health care but has a shorter life expectancy. Learn why the longevity gap exists.

Explanations for the UK’s worsening health overlook a key factor: decades of relatively low public spending, compounded by ...

New statistics have shown a stark divide between Brits, with startling healthy life expectancy gaps showing how those living ...

Letters: Readers respond to the news that people in the UK are spending fewer years in good health than a decade ago ...

Poor housing, obesity and the effects of deprivation have been suggested as underlying causes of the fall.

A drop in healthy life expectancy is explained through many causes: obesity, alcohol, drugs, suicide, chronic disease, poverty and widening inequality. But one of the most powerful causes sits atop ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy fell by ...

The UK’s healthy life expectancy crisis hits women hardest, but the government’s renewed women’s health strategy doesn’t come close to matching the scale of the problem.