The US birth rate grew by 1% in 2024, according to a new CDC report. Moms in their early 40s and late 30s experienced the biggest increases in births. Meanwhile, births declined the most among teens ...

Fertility rates began falling in most of the world starting in the last century. By the 1970s, the U.S. had dipped under the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman, a trend that has continued on a ...