For the first time in the nation’s history, the country’s birth rate marks a landmark shift. According to ABC7, white births have fallen below 50 percent—an unprecedented milestone that means ...

The United States' birth rate has been declining for years - even decades. In fact, the fertility rate was as high as 3.5 children per woman in the 1960s, but plummeted to 1.7 by 1976 before rising to ...

For the first time in US history, births to racial and ethnic minority mothers now outnumber births to white mothers, according to a new analysis of national birth data, highlighting the need for ...

The U.S. birth rate is falling, which has prompted hand-wringing among some of the political class. Academics, however, say there's another way to look at this.

The number of babies born in 2018 fell to the lowest level since 1986, according to a provisional report from the Centers for Disease Control. The report found that the total number of births in 2018 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” ...

U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025. That's according to new provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that US preterm birth rates rose ...