Your zip code can be more powerful than your genetic code when determining the health outcomes of mother and baby.

Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

Americans are having fewer babies. New births are declining in the US, while death rates are rising. New data from the Atlanta-based CDC shows from 2010 to 2023, the number of births dropped 10%. The ...

U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025. That's according to new provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The United States continues to have the highest maternal mortality rate among wealthy nations — and new research suggests the crisis is deepening. A study published this week in JAMA Network Open ...

Accidental overdose caused 5.2 deaths per 100,000 births, while homicide and suicide combined accounted for 3.9 per 100,000.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” ...