The latest analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigates why the racial gap in black and white life expectancy is shrinking — even though the primary problem is that it ...

The World Economic Forum (WEF)'s recently-released Global Competitiveness Survey doesn't just look at the financial health of countries around the world – it also looks at the health of populations.

With a few notable exceptions—such as during the 1918 influenza pandemic, World War II and the HIV crisis—life expectancy in the U.S. has had a gradual upward trajectory over the past century. But ...