Americans are having fewer babies. New births are declining in the US, while death rates are rising. New data from the ...

HealthDay News — From 2010 to 2023, the number of births in the United States declined, and the number of deaths increased, according to the Aug. 27 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication ...

Pronatalists’ core argument that a higher birth rate would increase the size of the labor force overlooks some short-term consequences.

Mississippi's infant mortality rate nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000, according to the ...