Kavya Beheraj/Axios With more people delaying parenthood thanks to increased access to reliable birth control and fertility treatments, older moms are having more babies. Why it matters: Although it's ...

The U.S. fertility rate grew by less than 1% -- close to a record low -- as 3,622,673 babies were born in 2024, according to ...

Women in the United States are having fewer children, with the country’s birth rate falling to an almost record low last year ...

Women in the U.S. are more likely to delay motherhood now, compared to decades past, according to the Centers for Disease Control ... birth rate among women ages 40 to 44 rose 4%, according to a ...

Birth rates in the United States declined by nearly 2% in 2023, compared to 2022, newly released provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed. According to reports ...

(The Hill) — Births in the United States dropped again between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The national birth rate has been ...