He tells us, in fact, that childbirth is a painful joy, the joy of freeing the child from oneself, of giving him life by giving him life: “A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her ...

This equates to a child mortality rate of 10 deaths per 100,000 population, and an infant mortality rate of 3.9 deaths per 1,000 live births (see Table 1 of our accompanying dataset). The child and ...

The rate of triplet and higher-order multiple births in the United States declined 62 percent from 1998 to 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of the downturn ...

A patient in Louisiana who tested positive for bird flu has died, marking the first U.S. fatality linked to the respiratory virus. The patient was over 65 and had underlying medical conditions ...

MOREHEAD CITY — When Odin Michael Dorries entered the world at 3:11 p.m. Jan. 1 at Carteret Health Care, he not only became the first baby of 2025 for Carteret County but the first baby born ...

Vietnam experienced a significant drop in its birth rate in 2024, marking a concerning trend. According to Newsweek, the birth rate fell to 1.91 births per woman, the lowest since records began ...

In the debate over how many immigrants Canada should admit, we need to remember one stark truth: this country has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Canada’s fertility rate fell to 1.26 ...

A military tribunal in Congo on Thursday sentenced no fewer than 13 soldiers to death on charges of murder, looting, and cowardice. Speaking on the development, the Military authorities described the ...

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 13 soldiers to death for charges ranging from murder to cowardice, in a verdict authorities say will reinforce army discipline ...