US Life Expectancy Climbs on Fewer Drug-Overdose Deaths
US life expectancy at birth increased to its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic, bolstered by a decrease in drug ...
US City Offers $1,000 to Pregnant Women Amid Falling Birth Rates
Philadelphia will offer financial compensation to pregnant women amid falling birth rates, in a bid to combat infant ...
US deaths are down and life expectancy is up, but improvements are slowing
For decades, U.S. life expectancy rose at least a little bit almost every year, thanks to medical advances and public health ...
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10 top causes of death in 2023: CDC
marking a 6% decrease in the age-adjusted death rate, according to updated mortality data the CDC published Dec. 19. This decrease contributed to an increase in life expectancy at birth, rising from ...
Baby dance class, more doulas: Cleveland’s Neighborhood Family Practice expands to fight infant mortality
Pregnant women who don’t speak English can use the health center’s special app to communicate with caregivers. Neighborhood ...
Philadelphia is Paying Pregnant Women $1,000 a Month to Improve Birth Rates
The Philly Joy Bank trial program aims to support Black and Hispanic women disproportionately affected by rising infant ...
Ukraine Birth Rates Could Plunge If Zelensky Gives In to Pentagon Demand
The Biden administration is urging Zelensky to lower the draft age, but many are concerned with how this would affect Ukraine ...
Russia is speeding into a demographic crisis with a 25-year-low birth rate as the Ukraine war rages on
Russia has had similar troughs in its demographics during World War II and after the fall of the Soviet Union—but things are ...
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Philadelphia is Paying Pregnant Women $1,000 a Month to Improve Birth Rates
The trial program aims to reduce racial disparities in the city's infant mortality ... Philly neighborhoods with the highest rates of very low birth weight: Cobbs Creek, Strawberry Mansion ...