This animated map shows each country’s life expectancy from 1950 to 2021. You can see just how much advancements in technology, public health, and well-being have impacted life expectancy. Learn more ...

The study, which analyzed data on 1.2 million people with dementia, found improvements in five out of eight global regions ...

In this video I talk about and show a few interesting maps of the Russian Federation. Russia has been on the news a lot ...

Health needs like infant and maternal health, addressing violence related death and poor mental health could all be ...

A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a ...

A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a ...

Loneliness is an epidemic, but it isn't a natural occurrence. It happens by design — but it's a design we can fix.

Single adults and senior citizens especially have limited options for finding good housing, the report says. The National Low ...

In 2020, there were just three states where older adults outnumbered children—Maine, Vermont and Florida—but in 2024, this ...

Hailey Wang is a data and graphics intern at the Los Angeles Times. She was born and raised in Taiwan and earned her master’s ...

South Uist is 200 miles from Edinburgh, the seat of Scotland’s government, but it feels farther. The island has only a few ...