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US Births Dropped Last Year, Suggesting the 2024 Uptick Was Short-Lived NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births ...

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.

(We) adopted our child when she was about one week old. Her birth mother arrived at the hospital on drugs and without a plan.

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Birth control can affect female libido through hormonal changes. Learn how it impacts desire and ways to manage low libido effectively.

The teen birth rate continues its decades-long downward trend. Researchers say many factors are at play, including less sexual activity and more access to contraception and abortion.

Birth tourism faces renewed scrutiny as ICE targets alleged facilitation networks amid the administration’s immigration push.

Birth-acquired herpes is a herpes virus infection that an infant gets during delivery or, less commonly, while still in the womb. The infection can also develop shortly after birth. Babies with ...

The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their newborn ...