US life expectancy reached a record high in 2024 as deaths from drug overdose and Covid-19 dropped

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — People in the United States can expect to live longer than ever, as death rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024. Life expectancy in the US had been trending up for decades before dropping by nearly a year and a half between 2019 and 2021, but it’s been on