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A man walks in a snow covered park in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 23, 2024. Bulgaria witnessed higher excess mortality rates during the pandemic, according to a new study of global life expectancy.

Global Life Expectancy Declines for First Time in 30 Years

by Carrie Arnold

Overall life expectancy is struggling, according to a highly anticipated update to the Global Burden of Disease study

Aging

A close-up of the hands of Charles Norman Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation and a World War II veteran, holding a picture of his mother Florence. Photo taken in Bretteville l'Orgueilleuse, France, on May 18, 2019.

The Disturbing Details Behind a Dip in U.S. Life Expectancy

by Mary Brophy Marcus

A deep drop among American Indian and Alaska Native peoples is linked to policy failures that predate the pandemic

An elderly demonstrator poses for the camera as he makes a V-sign during ongoing anti-government protests, in Baghdad, Iraq, December 10, 2019. He has a black-and-white checkered scarf tied on his head and a red and white sash with green accents, around his neck. He has a very long white beard and friendly eyes. REUTERS/Alaa al-MarjaniSELECT

Aging

Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number—Except When it Comes to Health

by Matt Doxey

In some parts of the world, forty is the new seventy

An entrance sign to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on October 4, 2014. The sign says “EMERGENCY” and points to the left. In the background we can see an American flag billowing against a brilliant clear blue sky. REUTERS/Jim Young

Governance

The Future of American Democracy Depends on Improving U.S. Health

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Tara Templin, Simon Wigley

The U.S. is in the grip of two pathologies, one afflicting human health and the other the health of the political system