There is no doubt that rising life expectancy for both sexes is one of humanity’s great achievements and a sign of improved quality of life on Earth. Infant mortality has declined dramatically over ...

Planning a glorious retirement? Check your life expectancy before you start withdrawing.

From the Kremlin to Silicon Valley, some of the most powerful people in the world now want something more: eternal life.

This is how Japan wakes up. It's called Radio Taiso — Exercise Radio in English — a simple yet dynamic way to start the day.

Here are 8 of the most popular proposals for closing Social Security's funding gap. Take your pick: Raise revenue, or cut ...

We are publishing a lecture delivered by WSWS contributor Tom Mackaman to the International Youth and Students for Social ...

Everyone is talking about the latest longevity health trends, but to what extent can we actually increase our lifespan?

The UK’s healthy life expectancy crisis hits women hardest, but the government’s renewed women’s health strategy doesn’t come ...

The number of years British people enjoy good health has fallen by over two years in a decade, with more suffering from ...

A Victorian Supreme Court judge has sentenced Thomas Clarke to 21 years in prison, with a 15-year non-parole period, for the brutal murder and mutilation of 72-year-old John Hunter. Justice Jane Dixon ...

On a recent afternoon, a group of elderly residents slipped through the wooden doors of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Old ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.