2018 Birth Rate Fell to Lowest Level In More Than Three Decades

U.S. Birth Rate Falls For 4th Year In A Row by Erika Edwards.  NBC News.  November 27, 2019.

Newborn Syphilis Cases More Than Double In Four Years, Reaching 20-Year High

New Syphilis Cases More Than Double In Four Years, Reaching 20-Year High.  Press Release.  September 25, 2018. 

Women In Their Early 30s Are Having More Babies Than Younger Moms: First Time Event

Women In 30s Now Having More Babies than Younger Moms In U.S.  by Mike Stobbe.  Associated Press/Bloomberg.  May 17, 2017. 

Preterm Births In US Rose In 2015 For The First Time In Eight Years

Premature Births Rise Once again, Despite Efforts To Prevent Them by carmen Heredia Rodriguez.  Kaiser Health News/NPR.  November 1, 2016

5 Facts About Immigrant Mothers And U.S. Fertility Trends

5 Facts About Immigrant Mothers And U.S. Fertility Trends by Gretchen Livingston.  Pew Research Center.  October 26, 2016

Changes In Fertility Therapies Perhaps The Cause Of Decline In Higher-Order Births

Triplet And Higher-Order Births, In U.S. Down 41% by Nicholas Bakalar. The New York Times.  May 30, 2016

263% Rise In Abdominal Wall Birth Defect Is Puzzling; Environmental Factors Possible Cause

Bizarre Birth Defect Is On The Rise, And Researchers Are Baffled by Melissa Healy.  The Last Angeles Times.  January 21, 2016. 

Comparative Analysis: Home Versus Hospital Births

As Home Births Grow In U.S., A New Study Examines The Risks by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  December 30, 2015. 

Birth Trends: Twins Up Slightly; Other Multiple Births Down; Teen Births Hit Historic Low

Teen Birth Rate, Multiple Birth Reach Historic Low by Kimberly Leonard.  US News.  December 23, 2015. 

Infant Mortality In The United States In Triple the Rate Of Japan Or Norway; Racial Disparaties; South Has Highest Rates

U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Stays High, Report Finds by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  August 6, 2015.