According to recent projections, U.S. population growth will slow to zero by 2056.

A better question is: Can we do more to make parenthood easier for people who want to have children?

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

The number of births increased in the United States for the first time in seven years, according to a new federal report. Provisional data published Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. birth rate plunged to an all-time low in 2024 after being on a downward trajectory for roughly 20 years, with soaring ...

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.

The newest March of Dimes report gives the US a D+ rating on preterm birth rates. The Conversation — Seven years ago, at 30 weeks into a seemingly low-risk pregnancy, I unexpectedly began to bleed.

George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written for the Britain in Pictures series in ...

OP-ED. Instead of questioning the collective factors behind declining birth rates, the dominant narrative shifts ...