US Life Expectancy Rose Last Year, But it Remains Below its Pre-Pandemic Level 

FILE - Newborn babies fill the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. U.S. life expectancy in 2022 was only back to 77 years, 6 months — about what it was two decades ago.

U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.