During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus caused life expectancy in California to drop significantly. It’s now been over two years since officials declared the pandemic-related public ...

A new study from Northwestern University found that life expectancy in California has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, data that could indicate similar national trends. The study, published in the ...

Life expectancy in California decreased from 2019 to 2021, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock This story and visualization are ...

Pallbearers carry the casket of a person who died of COVID-19 in San Diego in February 2021. (Alejandro Tamayo / San Diego Union-Tribune) It was the year COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, and ...

Life expectancy can be affected by a variety of factors. About 25% of your lifespan is determined by genetics, according to the National Library of Medicine. Health and wellness habits—like following ...

This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. Life expectancy in California dropped in ...

It was the year COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, and the pandemic’s startling death toll in California and elsewhere appeared close to being reined in. Instead, life expectancy in California ...

Life expectancy rates have been on the rise in the United States, with an increase of nearly seven years over the past half-century. (The average lifespan was 70.8 in 1970 and was documented as 77.5 ...

It was the year COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, and the pandemic's startling death toll in California and elsewhere appeared close to being reined in. Instead, life expectancy in California ...