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The US birth rate hit another record low in 2019. Experts fear we're facing a 'demographic time bomb' that could be fast-tracked by the pandemic.
The US birth rate declined 1% between 2018 and 2019, hitting a 35-year low. The trend is a part of …
Anna Medaris Miller
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Bill Gates Predicts We're Going To Drastically Reduce Child Mortality - Here's How
The letter points to several strategies that will continue to reduce child mortality, such as the i…
Chelsea Harvey
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The hospitalization rate among teens who are unvaccinated is 10 times higher than teens who are vaccinated, new CDC data shows
The data indicates that the coronavirus vaccines "were highly effective at preventing serious COVID…
Natalie Musumeci
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Total Fertility Rate falling, 2001-11 saw sharpest decline in 100 years: Census
The Centre said "public health" is a state subject. Therefore, states must deploy strategi…
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The Indian government is reportedly planning a 'gender equality' unit
The government is planning to set up the unit under Women and Child Development Ministry and its…
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Despite reversing its one-child policy, China's population growth is the slowest it's been decades, as couples delay having kids amid rising costs
Over the last decade, China's population growth slowed to 1950s levels.
Cheryl Teh
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Vardhan expresses concerns over high COVID-19 fatality rate in some MP districts
Proper interventions, more aggressive surveillance and early diagnosis should be the top priority o…
PTI
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Having a baby forced me to confront my mortality, but spending $6.50 a month on life insurance means I don't lose sleep over it
Disclosure: This post is brought to you by the Personal Finance Insider team. We occasionally highl…
Becky Kleanthous
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MEDSINC: The future of infant healthcare in developing countries
Ninety-nine percent of all deaths in children less than 5 years-old occur in low and middle income …
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The sharp decline in global fertility rates may lead to a demographic time bomb, with some populations expected to halve by 2100
In a new study out of the Lancet, researchers predict nearly every country's population will shrink…
Anna Medaris Miller
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New Jersey is giving away free cardboard boxes to reduce infant death rates
Dr. Kathie McCans, a pediatric physician and chairwoman of New Jersey's Child Fatality and Near Fat…
Chris Weller
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A child in Yosemite was diagnosed with the plague, the third US case in recent months
Globally, between 1,000 and 2,000 cases of plague are reported each year to the WHO, but the number…
Tanya Lewis
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Prematurity Rates Are Too High - And Children's Hospitals Are Cashing In
Children's hospitals, which provide a disproportionate amount of care to poor kids on public insura…
Alex Halperin
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What It Was Like To Grow Up Without Siblings Under China's 'One-Child' Policy
Reuters photographer Carlos Barria was born in 1979, the same year the rules was put in place in Ch…
Christian Storm
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Philadelphia is experimenting with guaranteed income pilots for pregnant people and housing insecure families
Philly Joy Bank and PHLHousing+ are guaranteed basic income pilots in Philadelphia offering familie…
Allie Kelly
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I had my first baby in Switzerland and the second after moving home to Chicago. Giving birth in the US left much to be desired.
Chantal Panozzo gave birth in the US after having her first abroad. She felt there was something ve…
Chantal Panozzo
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Texas moms can now get an additional 10 months of Medicaid after giving birth
A bill in Texas aims to lower the maternal mortality rate in the state by supporting new mothers.
Allie Kelly
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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China's working population will shrink in the coming decades and keep the nation's economy from surpassing America's, research firm says
One study says that, by the 2050s, China could be losing an average of 12 million working-age adult…
Phil Rosen
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Sexism, cheating, and nightclubs: inside the dark heart of modern chess
Chess is taking over schools, nightclubs, and the internet. And it's never been more toxic.