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#life expectancy

Protesters stand on the top of a vehicle as they take part in a demonstration against the pension reform bill in Marseille, southern France, on Thursday.(Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images)Strikes brought trains in French cities to a halt on Thursday and workers blocked the road to a Paris airport terminal after President Emmanuel Macron pledged to implement legislation raising the retirement age.

By Sylvie Corbet | Associated Press PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by shunning parliament and invoking a special constitutional power.Lawmakers were shouting, their voices shaking with emotion as Macron made the risky move, which is expected to trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government.

Rishi Sunak's government is hiding 28bn of stealth cuts to public services over the next five years, according to a report warning that a renewed austerity drive at next month's budget would further damage the economy.Calling on the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to change course at next month's tax and spending set-piece speech to the House of Commons, the Trades Union Congress said a boost for public spending could help keep Britain out of a recession this year.

01:40 A striking employee of Marseille's shipyard (CNM) walks by a barricade during a blockade as part of an action against the government's proposed pensions reform in Marseille, France, March 8, 2023.Clement Mahoudeau, AFP French train and metro drivers, refinery workers, garbage collectors and others were holding further strikes on Wednesday against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in efforts to keep up pressure on the government amid the ongoing parliamentary debate.

What's happening?Germany's population is ageing  fast.This year, there will be more older people requiring some sort of care than people under the age of 30.Overall, the country's ageing population means there are fewer and fewer people working in Germany relative to the number of retirees taking money out of state pension funds.

What's happening?Germany's population is ageing  fast.This year, there will be more older people requiring some sort of care than people under the age of 30.Overall, the country's ageing population means there are fewer and fewer people working in Germany relative to the number of retirees taking money out of state pension funds.

Bobi, a Rafeiro do Alentejo, was born on his family's farm in the village of Conqueiros, Portugal, on May 11, 1992.The Guinness Book of World Records says he's not only the oldest dog but the oldest to have ever lived.(Guinness World Records) Walk, eat, play, sleep.Repeat.That's how Bobi, recently deemed the world's oldest living dog by Guinness World Records, spent much of his 30 years on his family's farm in the village of Conqueiros, Portugal.

More than 70% of U.S. adults feel the health care system is failing to meet their needs in at least one way, according to new data from the Harris Poll, shared exclusively with TIME.Despite spending more money per capita on health care than any other wealthy country in the world, the U.S. struggles to match other nations in life expectancy and other health outcomes.

Health Though they are only a few miles apart, two neighborhoods in Back Bay and Roxbury have a nearly 23-year difference in life expectancies.In Boston, your life expectancy can shrink by nearly a quarter-century, depending on the neighborhood you call home.In one Back Bay neighborhood, the life expectancy is nearly 92 years - among the highest in the city.

The UK entered the coronavirus pandemic with depleted public services and widening health inequalities, the Covid inquiry has heard.A report prepared jointly by professors Sir Michael Marmot, an expert in epidemiology and director of the University College London Institute of Health Equity, and Clare Bambra, an expert in public health from Newcastle University, said Government austerity policies impacted the health of the nation in the lead up to the pandemic.

The Government is right to take a wait-and-see approach to raising the state pension further, according to some experts.But some raised concerns around the potential for future increases in the decades ahead.The state pension age rise to 67 will take place, as planned, between 2026-2028, the Government has confirmed.

Boris Johnson's defence dossier dominates the front pages ahead of his appearance in front of the Commons Privileges Committee over the partygate affair.The Guardian says the ex-PM faces a fight for his political survival one the Daily Mail says a bullish Mr Johnson is ready for.That sentiment is echoed in the Daily Express.

The Chancellor is presiding over a high-tax, high-spend, low-growth, quasi-socialist economy, a Conservative backbencher has claimed.Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, urged Jeremy Hunt to lower the burden of taxation and introduce some tax cuts days after the Chancellor's Spring Budget.Speaking during Commons Treasury questions, Mr Davies said: Although I appreciate it's largely as a result of the idiotic decision to lock down the country and the economy for the best part of two years, the Chancellor nevertheless finds himself presiding over a high-tax, high-spend, low-growth, quasi-socialist economy.

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City health officials unveiled a new style of vending machine in Brownsville Monday - but don't expect to find any tasty snacks in there.The machine is loaded with safe-sex kits and toiletries, along with naloxone (a substance that can help treat drug overdoses), which will help tackle the rising number of opioid-related deaths in the Big Apple by making the harm reduction supplies conveniently available.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of experts that issues guidelines about preventive care, has recommended all women start routine breast cancer screening at 40, instead of at 50, the previous recommendation.The panel continues to advise spacing the screenings at two-year intervals, although some other medical organizations endorse annual mammograms.

A key city committee is set to finalize the bus routes that will serve Scarborough transit users who currently take the RT light rail line, which connects to the Bloor-Danforth subway.City staff are recommending a series of priority bus lanes on a number of roadways and the addition of some intersection changes.

Dezeen Showroom: Hypedome's garden domes are designed to be used as a tranquil lounge, yoga den, office space or even sleeping quarters so that the outdoors can be enjoyed year round.Hypedome's geodesic domes are created to add a calming indoor-outdoor space that is both hardy and beautiful to any garden.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Northern Ireland's economy has been transformed since the Belfast/Good Friday peace agreement, analysis has concluded.Since the accord was signed in 1998, outside investment, trade, tourism and investment in infrastructure have increased prosperity, life expectancy and attracted new residents to Northern Ireland Tourism is the sector to have benefited most, with the number of overseas visitors having more than doubled from 1.3m to 3m, scheduled air routes to the region more than tripled, handling 8.8m passengers (up from 4.4m in 1998), while the number of annual cruise visitors has leapt from just over 1,000 to 280,000 in 2019.

The pale lavender fabric in the artist's studio has a history.Embroidered with silver thread in a floral pattern, the material was once a dress, before Roma people in Sweden gave it to Malgorzata Mirga-Tas.In her hands, it had been cut up and combined with other fabrics and delicate paint strokes to create a portrait of a Roma community leader.

The full details of the latest round of pension reforms in France will be unveiled on January 10th, but the policy that has caught the headlines is the raising of the retirement age from 62 to 65. 5 minutes to understand French pension reform Macron's government says this is necessary because the ageing population makes the current retirement age unsustainable but it seems that the population does not agree polling suggests that between 60 and 70 percent of French people are against raising the pension age, while a significant portion (between 40 and 60 percent depending on the polls) actually want to lower the age to 60.

Heartbreak, tears and lots of talking - these were the reactions of Jason Bowen's family after he told them he had motor neurone disease (MND).The former Wales footballer and father of three, 50, is determined not to look too far ahead and to enjoy the present.A debilitating condition that affects the brain and nerves, there is currently no cure for MND.

Red Sox The old lights installed in 1982 had "long surpassed their life expectancy."This season, fans at Fenway Park will be able to see the Red Sox under a brighter spotlight at night.After months of planning, the historic park got a makeover with new LED lights Sunday, according to a press release from the team.

Remember 2020, when everything was cake?Everything wasn't quite cake, because the one thing that wasn't cake was passive smoking.However, it's now 2023, and, officially, passive smoking is also cake.That's according to professor Susan Jebb, who is the chairwoman of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), but was making her comments in a personal capacity.

In 2021, the three leading causes of death were heart disease, cancer and COVID-19.Andy Ryan/Getty Images The average life expectancy for Americans shortened by over seven months last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.That decrease follows an already big decline of 1.8 years in 2020.

Why so many medical practitioners are no longer making patient care their priority
One of the common cultural tropes we've all been seeing since the pandemic is "The Great Resignation" - people quitting their jobs en masse to 'find themselves' - or at least to find purposeful work that suits them better than whatever they were doing before.

A man who murdered his own mother in a fire after carrying out internet searches for life insurance pay-outs has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years.Andrew Wilding, 42, set fire to the flat he shared with his bedbound mother Elsie Pinder in Southend, Essex, on July 3, last year.Wilding had been the sole carer for his 66-year-old mother who had suffered a stroke.

Lucy Letby tried to kill a baby hours after she helped make a banner to mark the girl becoming 100 days old, a court heard.The baby reached the milestone after she was born very, very prematurely, weighing only 535 grams.Doctors at Wirral's Arrowe Park Hospital gave the girl a 5 per cent chance of survival but she stabilised and months later was well enough to be transferred to the Countess of Chester Hospital.

The review into the state pension age is considering issues of cost and intergenerational fairness, the Work and Pensions Secretary said, suggesting the impact on the public purse of an ageing population will get pretty hairy.Mel Stride said the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)'s review is expected before May, but refused to be drawn on any decisions.

Ministers want to raise the state pension age to 68 several years earlier than planned in a big bazooka bid to raise billions for the Treasury, it has been reported.Under current legislation, the retirement age is set to rise to 67 in four to six years' time, and then to 68 by 2046, although the government's stated plan is for the latter to happen by 2039.

The life expectancy of Americans has dropped for two consecutive years.The first year, attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, was consistent with other countries.The second year was not.In spite of how much our nation spends on health care services, which reached $4 trillion in 2020 or around $12,500 per person, these funds are providing less health benefit value for Americans.