The Commonwealth Fund’s updated July 2025 brief on maternal mortality highlights how systemic disparities, Medicaid coverage ...

There were 3.6 million babies born in the US in 2024, up 1% compared to the previous year, according to the CDC's data. But the general ...

New CDC data released this month reveals that while the number of births in the United States increased by 1% from 2023—to ...

Understanding the evidence on maternal mortality and its causes is a key to crafting solutions; this brief describes the state of U.S. maternal health in 2025.

For the first time in U.S. history, more babies were born to women over 40 than to teenagers, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The milestone comes ...

Members of an advisory panel have proposed adding warning labels to some medication about adverse maternal and fetal risks in ...

The U.S. government will destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives for poor nations, mainly in Africa, after the State ...

America’s birth rate has plunged to its lowest level ever, with the CDC reporting fewer than 1.6 children per woman in 2024.

The fertility rate in the United States has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, signaling a profound demographic shift ...

It’s troubling that we’re actually hitting record low here when it comes to fertility in America,” sociologist Brad Wilcox ...

Birth rates are generally declining for women in most age groups — and that doesn’t seem likely to change in the near future, ...

According to CBS News, the U.S. birth rate has dropped below 1.6 in 2024, marking one of the lowest points in American ...