The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. For many Asian ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. The single most used demographic measure to describe population health is life expectancy at birth, but life expectancies at ages other ...

Fifty-eight-year-old Manoo Sookoo yesterday succumbed to injuries he suffered on January 4th in a gas explosion at Foulis which also claimed the life of his ... a two-burner, table-top gas stove.

The Government has stipulated that in the year to April 2026, heat pump sales should make up 6 per cent of the installers’ combined gas boiler and heat pump sales – with a fine of £500 for ...

Scientists have discovered that inhaling xenon gas can activate brain immune cells to break down Alzheimer's-related plaques and reduce inflammation. Successful mouse experiments are paving the ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has confirmed the Government has no intention of implementing a ban on gas boilers in the future, highlighting concerns over the costs for consumers. Addressing the ...

Heat pumps may never be cheaper than gas boilers, Ed Miliband has said, despite Labour sneaking a 'boiler tax' through Parliament. The Energy Secretary confirmed that the government has no ...

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Some 346 Labour MPs voted to give the Labour Government powers to impose extra costs on families who install new gas boilers. The Government threw its support behind the Clean Heat Market ...

People in France are living “historically longer”, new national figures show, with a life expectancy at birth of 85.6 for women, and 80 for men. National statistics bureau Insee published the figures ...