By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost jobs in February and the unemployment ...

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely cooled in February, with hiring in the healthcare sector expected to return to normal trends after an outsized increase in January, but the ...

This is also the lowest rate seen since 2018, which had a maternal mortality rate of 17.4 deaths per 100,000 live births.

But his paper also reveals that the housing market’s failure to provide three-bedroom units is a massive driver of our ...

Researchers say the U.S. birthrate decline is being driven by a mix of economic pressures and shifting social trends. One of ...

From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramatic global fall in the number of babies being born. These analyses, though, are all missing something ...

Republicans have gone from belly-aching about prolific “welfare queens” to wringing their hands about the low birth rate and ...

Fewer US women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year. The US Centers for Disease Control and ...

In 2024, the U.S. maternal mortality rate was 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births — the lowest level since 2018, according to a CDC report published March 4. Five notes: 1. In 2024, there were 649 ...

Read more about how a dive in HBV rates in infants in the USA has undone years of steady increase in vaccination uptake.

Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the ...

The US labor market showed signs of cooling in February after nonfarm payrolls unexpectedly fell, and unemployment also came ...