Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...

Although the U.S. birth rate is on the decline, the number of women having babies in one age group has increased. Those new mothers are 40 and older. In the U.S., teen birth rates are at historic lows ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is marking its first official observance of World Prematurity Day with the launch of a new global clinical practice guide for Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) – a simple, ...

In Kansas and nationwide, the number of women having babies in their 40s is increasing. It comes as the overall birth rate declines and younger women are having fewer babies. ROELAND PARK, Kansas — It ...