U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
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The American population is older than it used to be, according to new U.S. Census data.
May 25, 2023
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Years before the Bamberg County Hospital closed in 2012, and the next-closest hospital in neighboring Barnwell shut its doors in 2016, those facilities had stopped delivering babies.
May 24, 2023
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A new study by public health researchers presents stark evidence that the Central African Republic (CAR) is experiencing a severe health and humanitarian emergency, with what is likely the highest measured nationwide mortality ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Pregnancy rates in the United States suffered a steep decline during the last decade, new government data shows.
Apr 12, 2023
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The mortality rate of infants of teens decreased 16.7 percent from 1996 to 2019, with a significant decline across racial and ethnic and urbanization subgroups, according to a study published online April 10 in Pediatrics.
Apr 10, 2023
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I am 32 and have lived with a congenital heart issue since childhood. I am newly married and would like to have children, but I understand that a pregnancy might be high-risk for me. How does pregnancy affect the heart? And ...
Apr 7, 2023
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A new study led by Oxford University's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has found that the 1918 influenza pandemic had a much longer negative effect on fertility than previously thought. The results, published this ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Following the emergence of the highly contagious Delta and Omicron COVID-19 variants pregnancy-related mortality rates, in the United States rose faster in 2021, compared to the previous year, according to a new study by ...
Mar 16, 2023
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From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in the maternal mortality rate, which was seen across racial and ethnic groups and across ages, according to a report published in the March Health E-Stats, a publication of the U.S. ...
Mar 16, 2023
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