Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Approximately 525,000 more deaths occurred in the United States in ...

Grover is executive director of the Research and Action Institute of the AAMC. Ranney is a practicing emergency physician and dean of the Yale School of Public Health. It’s no secret that life ...

The Globe’s recent article about the Boston Public Health Commission’s report on widening life-expectancy gaps should not come as a surprise (“Boston moves to close life expectancy gap,” Metro, March ...

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The life expectancy for Americans born in 2024 has reached a new high of 79 years. Floridians' life expectancy is slightly higher than the national average, at just under 80 years. This increase is ...