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A new way to rank countries on successful aging

The U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) track more than 230 performance indicators to determine progress in social, economic and environmental sustainability in countries around the world, yet older adults are hardly ...

Health care workforce: New model projects EU needs up to 2071

As the EU's population ages, health care demand is set to rise. New projections suggest that, if current disease prevalence remains constant, doctor and nurse numbers would need to increase by 30% and 33% respectively by ...

Global fertility rate to keep plummeting, major study warns

The population of almost every country will be shrinking by the end of the century, a major study said Wednesday, warning that baby booms in developing nations and busts in rich ones will drive massive social change.