The Number One Health Story From 2022 Is the Troubling Decline In Life Expectancy

The biggest health story from 2022 isn’t COVID-19. It isn’t RSV or influenza, either. It isn’t cancer, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. It’s something that encompasses all these diseases and much more. It’s the troubling decline in U.S. life expectancy. Life expectancy in the U.S. is at the lowest point in 26 years. The U.S. spends much more per-person on healthcare than any other large wealthy country, yet its residents die an average of at least four years younger. For decades the gap has been widening. Read the full article from Forbes here.