Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drop. After falling 2.4 years between 2019 ...

Life expectancy increased rapidly through the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. In 1990, some scientists predicted those rapid gains would continue, leading to “radical life extension.” ...

It’s no big secret that the richer a country is, the longer its citizens live. But it’s actually kind of mind-blowing how direct the relationship is. Gapminder has just laid it all out in a chart of ...