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 ...

Longevity isn’t just a matter of genetics or luck. It’s shaped by decades of policy choices, diet, healthcare investment, and ...

Your greatest retirement risk may be something that’s unknowable: how long you will live. Only 1 in 3 Americans can correctly identify how long a 65-year-old will typically live, according to new ...

Human life expectancy has potentially been pushed to the max, new research suggests. The recent increase in people's longevity appears to be slowing down despite new developments in medicine, ...

Death rates dropped and life expectancy rose to the highest levels since the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released this month. It found that life ...

Why life expectancy is at the heart of the idea of progress. Dear reader, In the five years I’ve spent exploring the world’s challenges through the lens of progress, there’s one figure I have always ...

Americans are living longer but aren't financially prepared for it There's a 30% likelihood that a 65-year-old man will live at least until age 90, while there's a 40% likelihood women will do the ...