A study tracks how the North American Free Trade Agreement and trade competition with Mexico led to earlier deaths for American factory workers.

The estimated life expectancy at birth for Washington, D.C., was 77.4 years in 2023, according to data released by the City Health Dashboard.

The estimated life expectancy at birth for New York City was 82.3 years in 2023, according to data released by the City Health Dashboard.

According to the report, Black men have borne the brunt of the gap. In 2024, the life expectancy for Black men in the city ...

Australia’s health gap is a national shame. Per the most recent statistics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders born between 2020 and 2022 have a life expectancy more than eight years lower than ...

Despite major advances in medicine, U.S. life expectancy barely budged in the 2010s, and it still lags that of other wealthy nations. Researchers have pointed to rising "deaths of despair"—drug ...

Members of Congress have petitioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to exempt the health care industry from the $100,000 fee on H-1B applications for immigrant medical professionals.

NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 — the highest mark in American history. It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from ...

Studies have reported on survival probabilities of people born with open spina bifida, a condition where the spinal cord and nerves are exposed through an opening in the back. Research published in ...

Some good news with big political implications. Trump scores major legal victory in boost for ICE crackdown Four things to know about the "Melania" film Sick of the polar vortex? Here's when warmer ...

The county filed a motion demanding the return of ballots and other election materials that were seized by the F.B.I. in a highly unusual move by the Trump administration. By Nick Corasaniti and ...

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