US births in 2022 didn’t return to pre-pandemic levels
By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and…
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America aged rapidly in the last decade as baby boomers grew older and births dropped
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
The United States grew older, faster, last decade.The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of…
America aged quickly in the last decade as baby boomers lived longer and births dropped
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
The United States grew older, faster, last decade.The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of…
Aging America: Baby boomers push nation’s median age to almost 39 as fewer children are born
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
The United States grew older, faster, last decade.The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of…
Aging America: Baby boomers push nation’s median age higher as fewer children are born
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
The United States grew older, faster, last decade.The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any…
FDA advisers back RSV vaccine for pregnant women that protects their newborns
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers on…
RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects their newborns but is it ready for US sale?
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers…
Doctor: Health care access ‘scary’ in parts of Mississippi
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi doesn't have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes, from high rates of…
EXPLAINER: Undoing of Roe quickly shifts abortion in states
By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press
Anti-abortion groups hoped and strategized for decades for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that was delivered in June, ending a court-protected right to abortion after…
South Korea in demographic crisis as many stop having babies
By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoo Young Yi’s grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn’t want any.“My husband and I like babies so much ……