The rate of premature birth in the United States remains high, especially in the southern region of the country, according to the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes. The group’s ...

Here are five things to know: 1. In 2023, the preterm birth rate was 10.4%, remaining at a historical high. In 2013, it was 9.8%. 2. One-third of the country’s largest cities received an “F ...

PBS News spoke to experts for a closer look at what the research says about the effect ... its fertility rate high — 2.9 in 2022. “It wouldn’t have a huge increase on birth rates,” she ...

Birth workers are looking for ways to reduce ... die before their first birthday in the state, over 3 1/2 times the rate for white babies. There are still big questions about what exactly happened ...

Pope Francis praised the high birth rate of Indonesia during his first official ... for mothers with four or more children, have been in effect in Mongolia since 1957. Throughout his pontificate ...