Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Approximately 525,000 more deaths occurred in the United States in ...

A new analysis revisits long-standing assumptions about life expectancy in the United States, revealing a more nuanced story ...

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, and economics in America are killing us sooner, and what we can do to change ...

For many of the 2,600 residents of South Franklinton, opportunities for a higher quality of life remain stubbornly out of reach. Amid the smattering of low-income housing tucked around the evidence of ...

Massachusetts residents are living longer lives than nearly the rest of the country, but in Boston you’ll find the life expectancy for Black residents is lagging far behind the rest of the city. The ...

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...

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