Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

Recent global crises have exposed the limits of a universal mortality threshold for declaring famine-an approach that can obscure how famine actually unfolds across different populations. In a paper ...

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The US maternal mortality rate is higher than most high-income countries, with significant racial disparities, particularly among Black and Native American women. Effective policies include expanding ...

The child mortality rate has increased since 2019, with firearm deaths and substance use playing major roles. Among those aged 1 to 19, the net difference in mortality rates per 100,000 grew from 4 to ...