In 1950, the global average life expectancy was only 48. Thankfully, it is now 72.6 and is expected to reach the high 80s by ...

China's population continued to decline last year for the third consecutive year, according to government reports released on ...

Opinion: Wasteful spending must always be addressed, but it is the addiction to low taxes that severely limits equal ...

Mostly free national systems provided basic human services, which until the famine years put North Korea in the ranks of developed nations (life expectancy was seventy-two before the famine of the ...

Even his fiercest critic cannot deny that's not bad for a 78-year-old (and one, remember, who after being shot in the ear by ...

The country's development model is at a crossroads, say health and population experts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China spent 7.2% of its economic output on health care in 2023, the National Health Commission says. That compares with an ...

Addition of the anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody tiragolumab to standard first-line treatment resulted in better response rates ...

The East Asian country posted 240,000 births last year, according to preliminary estimates, boosting the country's fertility ...

SEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's anti-corruption officials on Thursday requested that prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power for his short ...