The report found births declined 2% in the first half of 2021 compared to 2020. The number of births declined in the U.S. in 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, according to a new report ...

Few Americans see falling birth rates as a national priority, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. When asked in the Thursday survey about how ...

The rate of Long Island teenagers giving birth has plummeted in the past few decades. Birth and pregnancy rates also have ...

There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” shortly after reentering the White House and declared, “We want more babies.

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Preterm birth rates are worsening across the country, with 21 states seeing higher rates this year compared with last year. According to the data collected by March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization ...

Overall cesarean birth rates decreased from 2012 to 2021, but racial disparities for Black women widened. Cesarean delivery can be vital, but can also contribute to undue morbidity and mortality.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is part of a downward trend in birth rates that has occurred in nearly every state in the country, and the financial impacts of fewer new humans could start impacting the state’s ...