Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2023
FDA’s Califf wants to get the public as excited about life expectancy as cures
8 November 2023 - It’s easy to get people worked up about cures, but they don’t seem to be bothered by falling life expectancy, and FDA Commissioner Robert Califf would like to figure out how to connect the two.
The US has one of the lowest life expectancy rates among wealthy nations. Post-pandemic, the average American life span is down to 76.4 years. The average life expectancy in comparable countries is 80.3 years.
