Photo: Jimin Kim/Dave Decker/Zuma Press Some good news as 2024 nears the end: Life expectancy in the U.S. last year made an unusually sharp increase as deaths from most major causes declined ...

according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Life expectancy at birth was 78.4 years for the total U.S. population in 2023, according to the report released Thursday ...

The CDC warns about the resurgence of carfentanil, a fentanyl analog 100 times stronger, causing a 700% spike in overdose deaths in 2024. This synthetic opioid, often mixed with other drugs ...