Beyond ‘childless cat ladies,’ JD Vance has long been on a quest to encourage more births
MIAMI (AP) — Five summers ago, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance — then a 34-year-old memoirist a...
Birth rates
Money-making L.A. hospitals quit delivering babies. Inside the fight to keep one labor ward open.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found out she was expecting. ...
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 milli...
China’s population drops for a second straight year as deaths jump
BEIJING (AP) — China’s population dropped by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual ...
Immigration and declines in death cause uptick in US population growth this year
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Immigration powered population gains in the United States for a second year in ...
The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a f...
Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion
The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world pop...