Of all the infant deaths in Escambia County's 44 zip codes, 17% come from just one. Here's how health advocates intend to find a solution.

Americans are having fewer babies. New births are declining in the US, while death rates are rising. New data from the Atlanta-based CDC shows from 2010 to 2023, the number of births dropped 10%. The ...

In their new book After the Spike, demographers Dean Spears and Michael Geruso make the counterintuitive case for worrying less about overpopulation and more about depopulation. Comparing it to ...

A new study tracking global progress on child mortality finds that the world will miss a key United Nations (UN) health ...

A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years. "In 2020, we estimate ...

Black women living in states with abortion bans were more likely to have preterm babies, compared with what would be expected ...