U.S. average life expectancy was 78.4 years in 2023 ‒ nearly 11 months longer than in 2022 ‒ mostly due to far fewer COVID-19 deaths. It was the second consecutive year the nation's life ...

Average life expectancy in the U.S. increased by almost a year in 2023, rebounding to a level not reached since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures released Thursday by the Centers 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 ... Steven Woolf, director emeritus of the Virginia ...

The Covid-19 pandemic set US life ... Life expectancy is a “summary measure of our health,” said study author Dr. Steven Woolf, director emeritus of the Virginia Commonwealth University ...

U.S. life expectancy increased significantly in 2023, reaching 78.4 years, the highest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks a nearly one-year rise from 2022, according to the ...

Michael Cunningham's new novel, 'Day,' follows a New York family during the pandemic — and in its time-shifts feels like another homage to Virginia Woolf.

U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.. The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. “It still feels kind of incomplete,” said ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Five years ago, Virginia reported its first COVID-19 death marking the beginning of a pandemic that would claim the lives of 26,000 people in the Commonwealth.

A mask lies on a sidewalk. It’s hard to believe it's been five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020, the disease has killed more than 1.2 million Americans—more than in ...