For South Korea’s Senior Subway Riders, the Joy Is in the Journey
The fare is free for those older than 65, and so some retired people spend their days riding the trains to the end of the line.
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How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World
The most powerful countries have benefited from large work forces for decades. What happens when they retire?
Summer Heat Killed 61,000 in Europe in 2022, Study Says
Researchers suggest that strategies to cope with higher temperatures aren’t keeping pace with global warming.
Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi Both Hospitalized in Italy
The health conditions of two of Italy’s most prominent octogenarians have in recent years often kept the country in suspense.
Deaths of Seniors in Hospital Fire Point to China’s Elder Care Shortfall
The country’s supply of nursing home beds has not kept pace with its rapidly aging population, leading some families to seek unlicensed alternatives.
RSV Vaccine Approved for Older Adults
The shots would be the first vaccines available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands and leads to many more hospitalizations each year.
U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters
Older Americans and those with weakened immune systems, groups still particularly vulnerable to the virus, may receive additional shots of the reformulated vaccine, federal officials said.
Who Will Take Care of Italy’s Older People? Robots, Maybe.
The Western world’s oldest population is facing a crisis of caregivers. Some are looking for a little helping, plastic, hand.
A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?
Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button.