A baby is preterm if born before 37 weeks of gestational age. Preterm births can be caused by health conditions in the birthing parent and can lead to developmental complications in babies. Asian and ...
Americans are having fewer children. Reports this past summer showed that the birth rate dropped in 2020, to 56 births per 1,000 women age 15 to 44. Only 5.6 percent of women in their child-bearing ...
Parallax shuttered: Restaurateur Zack Bruell has closed his popular Tremont location, citing the ongoing labor crisis. Speaking to Marc Bona, Bruell says he’s faced continuing labor problems sparked ...
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department recently issued a report of local birth data for 2017 through 2021, showing an increase in the county’s birth rate and describing how different social ...
The report found births declined 2% in the first half of 2021 compared to 2020. The number of births declined in the U.S. in 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, according to a new report ...
Births rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in Massachusetts, rising 4 percent in 2021 after plummeting by same margin in 2020, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics. More ...