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Here's why Americans having fewer kids won't doom the economy
The US birth rate just fell to its lowest level in over 40 years, according to provisional CDC data.
Jennifer Sor
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Paris Hilton says she wore a prosthetic baby bump while a surrogate carried her child
Paris Hilton said she tried a fake stomach while awaiting the arrival of one of her kids to see wha…
Eve Crosbie
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India's population to peak in early 2060s to 1.7 billion before declining: UN
According to the report, India's population in 2024 is projected at 1.45 billion and this will peak…
PTI
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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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Barack Obama says Jeff Bezos should worry about Earth before space. But Bezos says going to space is how you save Earth.
Barack Obama argues billionaires should focus on solving humanity's problems on Earth, while Jeff B…
Marianne Guenot,Ellyn Lapointe
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'Father of Modern Gynecology' J. Marion Sims performed dangerous 'experiments' on enslaved Black women without the use of anesthesia
His actions are a part of a troubling history of medical experimentation on Black Americans.
Brianna Holt
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A Georgia basic income program is giving Black women $850 a month. They say it helps them pay bills and reduce debt.
The Georgia program provides no-strings-attached cash to low-income Black women. One said she used …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The problem with only talking about 'unconscious' bias
Racial bias has been dismissed as 'unconscious.' But whether bias is conscious or unconscious, the …
Brianna Holt
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Over half of the Indian population is vulnerable to health threats spurred on by climate change
Further, the study’s authors also identified 38 districts with very high vulnerability, 306 with hi…
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Some pregnant people in Philadelphia are about to get $1,000 a month in what the mayor is calling a 'pro-life' program
The city of Philadelphia is launching a guaranteed income program to help combat a high infant mort…
Jason Lalljee
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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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Pesticides in breast milk led to death of 111 newborns, says study by Lucknow's Queen Mary Hospital
A study by Lucknow's Queen Mary Hospital has claimed that pesticides have been found in the milk of…
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Skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn significantly improves outcomes for premature babies
Kangaroo mother care, a type of direct skin-to-skin contact between moms and newborn babies, may re…
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt
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A Scottish mom showed what's in the $200 'Baby Box' of essentials that's gifted to all newborns nationally, as American viewers looked on with envy and awe
The Scottish government has reportedly spent $112 million on the initiative over the past six years…
Geoff Weiss
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation backed startup provides AI solutions to monitor pregnant women
Janitri provides ‘medical-grade fetal and maternal monitoring solutions’ to use at hospitals or hom…
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What do Bill Gates, Anand Mahindra and Sachin Tendulkar have in common? An e-rickshaw drag race, if we’re lucky!
On Sunday, the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the biggest supporters of clean energy and sustai…
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Black women in America are up against a lot, and it's causing their bodies to weather
"Weathering" is a health phenomenon that refers to the process of being worn down by repeated expos…
Brianna Holt
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Study finds racism causes Black Americans' brains to age faster than people of other races — increasing dementia risk
Brain scans of middle-aged and elderly Black participants had more early signs of Alzheimer's compa…
Allana Akhtar
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'It's tragic': Extreme heat could erase progress on child malnutrition in West Africa, scientists warn
"What is striking, and perhaps the most important takeaway, is that these heat effects are permanen…
Catherine Boudreau
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India gives hope for future; can solve big problems even as world faces multiple crises: Bill Gates
India gives hope for the future and proved that the country could solve the big problems at once ev…