Australia has made progress in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy since the late 2010s, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU), setting the country ...

(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.

After more than a century of steady progress, new research warns that the world’s life expectancy boom is slowing, largely because improvements in early-life mortality have already been achieved.

Since the 1960s, the world has witnessed a remarkable rise in life expectancy at birth, reflecting progress in healthcare, sanitation and living standards. Globally, average life expectancy increased ...