About 142,000 fewer babies were born in the U.S. in 2020 than in 2019, according to provisional figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released May 5. But unlike most health news ...

The U.S. birth rate fell steeply in 2020, reaching a record low for the sixth year in a row, according to a new report. Last year, there were 55.8 births per 1,000 U.S. women ages 15 to 44, which is 4 ...

May 5 (UPI) --Birth and fertility rates in the United States declined again last year, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed Wednesday -- with births down 4% to the lowest ...

Number of live births and general fertility rates: United States, final 1990–2019 and provisional 2020. (National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Natality, via ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- What many thought would be a COVID-19 baby boom -- after all, we were stuck inside for a long time -- has turned out to be a baby bust in the Bay Area. Data obtained by ABC7 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 700,000 people in the United States, and it may have also reduced the number of live U.S. births by more than 100,000. Analysts at the National Center for ...

Every time Anna publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from Business ...

The number of births in 2020 fell 4% from 2019, the lowest level since 1979. Birth and fertility rates in the United States dropped to record lows again last year, according to provisional data in a ...

2020 was a grueling year, but at least the number of Americans born into it was lower than it had been in more than four decades. A total of 3,604,201 babies were born last year in the United States, ...

Early in the pandemic, there were jokes about quarantines prompting a baby boom, but roughly nine months since COVID-19 triggered a national emergency in the U.S., experts are reporting a baby bust.

As an unprecedentedly challenging 2020 comes to close, it’s important to remember that it wasn’t all bad. We’re looking back at some of the many high notes the year brought to the news cycle, which ...