Once driven by dramatic drops in early-life mortality, life expectancy gains are now losing momentum, signaling that today’s generations may never match the near-linear longevity climb of the past.

Chinese citizens are now living as long as Americans, reaching a milestone nearly two decades earlier than experts had forecast, according to official data. Life expectancy in China has risen sharply ...

Life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, according to global health research — but mortality rates for teens and young adults are of growing concern. The latest release of The Global Burden of ...

The era of celebrating grandma’s 100th birthday may be coming to an end. Centenarians, or people who live to be at least 100 years old, are a small group of elderly elite who have beaten the odds to ...

For most of human history, life unfolded quickly and ended abruptly. In the early 19th century, global life expectancy ...

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...