Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard ...

The number of births increased in the United States for the first time in seven years, according to a new federal report. Provisional data published Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Congressional forecasters have lowered their projection for U.S. population growth over the next decade by 7 million people ...

The U.S. birth rate plunged to an all-time low in 2024 after being on a downward trajectory for roughly 20 years, with soaring housing costs widely cited as a major contributing factor. Earlier this ...

Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...

Home birth rates in the United States have continued to increase since the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, US home births reached a 30-year high, as many avoided hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19, ...

Data: National Center for Health Statistics via March of Dimes; Map: Axios Visuals D.C. received an F grade for its preterm birth rate last year, per a March of Dimes annual report. Why it matters: ...

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