Americans’ life expectancy is expected to stall by 2050 because of increasing obesity and drug use, researchers said this week. Right now, the country is on an upward trajectory, but improvements are ...

New projections for U.S. life expectancy forecast a slight increase by 2050, though the nation is expected to fall behind many other nations in global health rankings, according to research published ...

A new analysis forecasts the US will fall to 66 out of 204 countries in life expectancy rankings in 2050, down from 49th in 2022. The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life ...

Life expectancy in the United States is expected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 80.4 years in 2050, which is below that of other wealthy nations. A study from the University of Washington’s ...

The U.S. is forecasted to fall in its global rankings below nearly all high-income and some middle-income countries. Drug use disorders, high body mass index, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure ...

The latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, published today in The Lancet(link is external), forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and ...

For 19-year-old Keiichi Yasunaga, the year 2050 lies somewhere beyond the visible horizon. It’s the era of his parents’ retirement, his own middle age, a period his generation tends to put out of mind ...

(CNN) — The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life expectancy over the next few decades, and this minimal improvement highlights an “alarming trajectory of health challenges” ...

Life expectancy (LE) in the U.S. is forecasted to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 79.9 years in 2035 and to 80.4 years in 2050 for all sexes combined. This modest increase lowers the country’s ...