The U.S. ranks 29th in life expectancy at birth among peer nations in the OECD. Changing that goes well beyond the health ...

Differences in life expectancy between Black and white Americans decreased in the decades leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A study reveals a widening life expectancy gap by education level in the US, emphasizing the need for equitable access to education as a health determinant.

Americans’ health has long been unequal, but a new study shows that the disparity between the life expectancies of different populations has nearly doubled since 2000.