Public Health: News and Research on Reproductive History

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Natural birth pressure is harming new mothers' mental health

Pressure on women from antenatal classes, social media and health care professionals to have a natural birth is causing lasting psychological harm when it does not go to plan, new research shows. The University of Reading ...

COVID-19 recession resulted in 'baby bump,' says study

The COVID-19 recession resulted in an overall baby bump, or increase in births, among U.S.-born mothers, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Fertility measures presented for 15- to 49-year-olds in the US

Women aged 15 to 49 years have 1.3 biological children and men aged 15 to 49 years have fathered 0.9 children on average, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication ...