President Donald Trump backed a report by the New York Times that said a $5,000 “baby bonus” for women who give birth would help reverse a decline in birth rates for the United States. In 2023, birth ...

Last year, the U.S. birth rate dropped to an all-time low, setting off alarm bells about the nation’s long-term economic stability and social vitality. Building bigger apartments could hold the answer ...

Editor: As of 2022, the U.S. fertility birth rate of 1.7 births per 1,000 women was less than the minimum rate of 2.1 to maintain a replacement population. This is a very serious crisis as currently ...

LVIV, Ukraine — As an OB-GYN doctor, Stefan Khmil has built a nearly 50-year career on helping women in Ukraine have children — an especially important job in Ukraine, the country with the lowest ...

Imagine if having children came with more than $150,000 in cheap loans, a subsidized minivan and a lifetime exemption from income taxes. Would people have more kids? The answer, it seems, is no.

Japan is likely to cover parents’ hospital fees for childbirth from April 2026 as the country struggles to reverse its falling birth rate. A panel of experts tasked with examining ways to ease ...

China's rollout of measures to boost its flagging birth rate remains patchy and inconsistent, a team of researchers has found. About two-thirds of the world’s population now lives in regions where the ...