New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Americans born in 2024 can expect to live 79.0 years, the highest figure the federal government has ever recorded, while the national death rate has continued to drop into 2025, reaching a new ...

Life expectancy hit another record high in 2025, according to new provisional federal data. In the report, released July 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heart disease and cancer remained the leading causes of death in the US in 2025. - Charlie Riedel/AP/File New mortality data from ...