Births have risen for 10 consecutive months, but the world's lowest fertility rate remains far below replacement levels.

How does it feel to parent in Kenya, Japan, Finland and the US? Four women share the highs – and lows – of becoming a mother ...

In February 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the national MMR had dipped to 142. Between 2016 and 2023 it ...

Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

Wyoming lawmakers are weighing bills to raise Medicaid reimbursements for obstetrics and emergency medical services to stabilize care access statewide ...

Declining birthrates are expected to lead to hundreds of additional surplus places in Southampton primary schools in the coming years.

This year will bring "another significant decline of the birth rate" for the majority of countries, new analysis shows.

China will pay families to have children in an attempt to combat the country’s declining birth rate. Xi Jinping’s government will give parents 3,600 yuan (£367) a year per child until they are three ...