As I have noted in a recent blog post, life expectancies at older ages have increased notably in the US over the past several decades, providing justification for raising formal retirement ages in ...

A recent study co-led by CityUHK found that strong El Niño events cause deeper, longer-lasting harm to human health than previously understood—by slowing long-term improvements in mortality rates for ...

This field examines the interplay between healthcare expenditure, ageing, and economic decision-making across the lifespan. It integrates economic modelling with biological and sociological insights ...

Life expectancy in the West is around 80 years today. Two key questions arise: what was it before capitalist development began (in around 1650-1700) and what factors have contributed to this huge ...

A recent research letter published July 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), titled “The Failure of Life Expectancy to Fully Rebound to Prepandemic Levels,” paints a damning ...

(left to right) Dr Dhrubajyoti Samanta, Senior Research Fellow at NTU’s Earth Observatory of Singapore; Associate Professor Wenjun Zhu, Deputy Head of Division of Banking and Finance, Nanyang Business ...

The life expectancy for Americans born in 2024 has reached a new high of 79 years. Floridians' life expectancy is slightly higher than the national average, at just under 80 years. This increase is ...