(CNN) — Life expectancy fell across the majority of high-income countries, signaling a collective and simultaneous decline among affluent nations for the first time in decades, a new study finds.

Life expectancy in the United States is up for the first time in four years. The increase is small — just a month — but marks at least a temporary halt to a downward trend. The rise is due to lower ...

Life expectancy at birth in Arkansas rose by 1.4 years in 2022, although it remained lower than before the covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and ...