The CDC also tracks maternal and infant health characteristics, and found that the rate of C-section deliveries is the highest it’s been since 2013, continuing to increase as it has nearly every year ...

According to new CDC data, there were 3.6 million U.S. births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024 and down 23% since 2007. The Trump administration has said it wants to reverse this trend.

U.S. births fell 1% in 2025 to about 3.6 million, while Europe's fertility rates remain well below replacement levels.

Washington Examiner healthcare reporter Gabrielle Etzel said the U.S. birth rate has been sliding for decades as fertility ...

*The CDC has released new data showing a continued drop in birth rates among Black women in the U.S. According to provisional data, the Black birth rate declined by 4% in 2024 alone. That puts it in ...

America, like many other countries, is on a path to population decline. The total fertility rate, which measures the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime, in the US for 2024 ...

Across Miami-Dade and Broward counties, about 13,000 fewer students are expected in public schools next school year, an alarming drop that could lead to further cuts after each district's budget ...

America's birth rate is falling, but one Maryland doctor says a group is bucking the trend in a big way. More women over 49 are having babies. In fact, recent data shows they are now outpacing ...

The Trump administration’s ideologues keep coming back to birth rates. The new National Security Strategy, released on Friday, declares that Europe is facing “the stark prospect of civilizational ...