For the first time in the nation’s history, the country’s birth rate marks a landmark shift. According to ABC7, white births have fallen below 50 percent—an unprecedented milestone that means ...

In contemporary society, discussions increasingly focus on career advancement, secondary income opportunities, travel, and ...

Rising maternal and infant mortality rates are making birth a more risky proposition in the U.S. We'll visit a community in Georgia where one woman is pushing to open a birth center. The Trump ...

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 ...

*The CDC has released new data showing a continued drop in birth rates among Black women in the U.S. According to provisional data, the Black birth rate declined by 4% in 2024 alone. That puts it in ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and several supervisors announced Monday a plan to address maternal and infant health. The ...

For the first time in US history, births to racial and ethnic minority mothers now outnumber births to white mothers, ...

LANSING, Mich. — In 2023, Michigan recorded its lowest infant mortality in history, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The historically low rate comes after a ...

Infant mortality rate is considered one of the most sensitive indicators of a society’s overall health.

The Trump administration wants Americans to have more children, but advocates have been warning for years that maternal and infant mortality rates are high in the U.S. NPR's Katia Riddle brings us a ...