Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Vernon, FSA, helps retirees make their money last for life. How long can retirees expect to live in retirement? It’s an ...

In the United States, how long a person lives can vary substantially depending on where in the country they reside. Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published ...

People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) frequently live well into adulthood. Advances in treatment have significantly increased the life expectancy for this condition. The median life expectancy ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Over the past 150 years, humanity has unleashed unimaginable energy by splitting ...

The state’s life expectancy was lower in 2024 than in 2019, according to an analysis, but primarily as a result of causes of death other than Covid. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn If the nation’s largest ...

Sergey Timonin receives funding from the Australian Research Council (DP210100401). Tim Adair receives funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Melbourne provides funding as a ...

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus caused life expectancy in California to drop significantly. It’s now been over two years since officials declared the pandemic-related public ...

If you’re thinking about making a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, it might help to know that new research says it could extend your life expectancy. Each cigarette someone smokes, on average, ...

Beneficiaries must take required minimum distributions from their inherited IRAs. When the RMD is an annual obligation, the Single Life Expectancy Table must be used to identify the denominator for ...

Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drop. After falling 2.4 years between 2019 ...