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Researchers at the University of Michigan found that eating a single hot dog may reduce healthy life expectancy by about 36 ...

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There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines significantly shorten life expectancy; vaccines undergo a rigorous process and ...

The average life span for Americans hovered around 40 years for the first 100 years of the nation’s existence. But after 1880, breakthroughs in modern medicine and public health resulted in a dramatic ...

Obesity rates among U.S. adults and children rose sharply in recent years, and by 2023, 40% of adults and 20% of youth met ...

As America marks 250 years, rising U.S. life expectancy may be one of its greatest achievements. The next challenge: turning ...

A new CDC report says life expectancy in the U.S. reached a record high last year, helped in part by a decline in overdose ...

New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

(CNN) — New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 ...