For decades, Social Security was built around the idea that most Americans would spend a meaningful stretch of life in retirement. That assumption is now being quietly tested. The full retirement age ...

Newsweek has created a map that highlights a sobering reality for parts of the United States: in dozens of U.S. counties, average life expectancy is now lower than that of North Korea.

New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that insufficient sleep may shorten your life. The study is published in the journal SLEEP Advances.

While life expectancy across the United States declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study led by ...

A new nationwide analysis shows that getting fewer than seven hours of sleep a night is one of the strongest predictors of shorter life expectancy across U.S. counties.