The figure is quite simple to rejoice: at present, the average life expectancy of a baby born in the United States in 2024 is 79 years. The more difficult thing is what that milestone will demand next ...

New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors ...

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.

NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It's the result of not only ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although some genes linked to life span have been identified, external environmental forces, such as disease or living ...

There are a few hotspots on Earth that are linked to longer-than-average human lifespans. From the sun-soaked island of Okinawa in Japan to the rugged mountains of Ogliastra in Sardinia and the ...

Life expectancy in the United States varies by more than 20 years based on a person’s location or race, a new study shows. Authors of the report, which was published Thursday in The Lancet, divided ...