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Global life expectancy drops nearly 2 years due to COVID pandemic

Improvements in global life expectancy were eliminated during the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

24/05/2024

Health news

Life expectancy: Which Europeans are living the longest?

Life expectancy in EU is expected to become a key policy point as the continent struggles with an ageing population.

10/11/2023

Health news

Where in Europe do people live the longest?

As demographics shift, life expectancy in the EU will only become more important as we grapple with an ageing population.

22/07/2023

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Young Europeans can expect to work longer than their parents

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As the retirement age rises in many European countries, the question of what career to pursue is more important than ever.

24/11/2022

Green News

Want to age gracefully? Take some tips from the naked mole rat 

Researchers are studying naked mole rats to try and unlock their anti-ageing, anti-illness secrets - and help people suffering with arthritis.

14/09/2022

Germany

German life expectancy decreased during COVID years

Average life expectancy in Germany dropped noticeably between 2019 and 2021, the national statistics office has said, a change that it attributes to unusually high numbers of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.

26/07/2022

Green News

99% of the world's population is breathing unsafe air, WHO warns

Air pollution is as bad for global health as smoking - and 89 times as bad as war. New research calculates just how many life-years it steals from us.

15/06/2022

Europe News

EU's population decreases partly due to COVID-19, latest figures show

The natural population change — the difference between live births and deaths — tanked in 2020 to -2.5, likely due in part to the pandemic which has claimed the lives of over a million people across the EU.

19/05/2022

Health news

Japanese researchers create a 'vaccine' against getting old

Researchers at a Tokyo university say their vaccine slowed the ageing process in mice, and could even aid the treatment of ageing-related diseases.

14/12/2021

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Haitian migrants cross Colombian jungle en route to US

Hundreds of Haitian migrants cross the Darien Gap jungle in Colombia to reach Panama on their way to a better life in the United States.

28/09/2021

World News

COVID-19 prompts life expectancy to fall in a majority of EU countries

According to Eurostat, the biggest drop was recorded in Spain, with a loss of 1.6 years on 2019.

07/04/2021

France

France's life expectancy falls because of COVID pandemic, data reveals

France's life expectancy at birth dropped by six months for men and five months for women in 2020 compared to the previous year.

19/01/2021

Green News

European life expectancy increases by 9 months due to less pollution

Consistent efforts to increase air quality over the last 20 years are paying off.

30/07/2020