New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The U.S. mortality rate reached a record low in 2025. But it lags behind peers due to persistent issues like chronic disease, ...

Last month, a new research study published by a University of Wisconsin assistant professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs Héctor Pifarreé i Arolas concluded that the average life ...

The U.S. death rate in 2025 was 4.6% lower than in 2024, marking a record low, according to provisional data.

We've seen dramatic increases in life expectancy over the 19th and 20th centuries, thanks to healthier diets, medical advances and many other quality-of-life improvements. But after nearly doubling ...

A decades-long trend of rising life expectancy in the U.S. could be ending: It declined last year and it is no better than it was four years ago. In most of the years since World War II, life ...

Mississippi is ranked among the least healthy states in the country and has the lowest life expectancy, according to a recent analysis. The state has an average life expectancy of 70.9 years, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Junk food, drug use and health policy decisions have affected U.S. life expectancy rates. (Photo by Alexander Spatari/Getty Images ...