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 ...

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

As Donald Trump considers ways to start a baby boom, birth rates remain very low, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Most health insurance plans cover prescription birth control, annual wellness exams, and STI/HIV screenings with no copay. Contact your health insurance company to find out if the services you need ...

Elon Musk has raised concerns about declining birth rates, drawing parallels to the Roman Empire's demographic struggles around 50 BC. He attributes this trend to hedonism and envy in prosperous ...

Several months ago, on a mockingly optimistic sunny morning and the start of a new month, I told myself I'd quit hormonal birth control pills. It felt like I was in middle school again ...

YCT-529 has already been tested in mice and was found to block 99 per cent of pregnancies – putting it on a par with the female birth control ... have high failure rates due to issues like ...

Birth control pills, first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1960, were a game-changing method for family planning. Since then, contraception has expanded to multiple forms like the ...

Someone asked us: Is it true that birth control pills cause an abortion? No. Birth control pills can’t end a pregnancy. Hormonal birth control methods like the pill, ring, patch, and shot are safe and ...

said at POLITICO’s Health Care Summit that the federal health department has been an “utter failure,” pointing to rising rates of chronic disease, lower life expectancy and a culture that is ...

The US fertility rate dropped to a historic low in 2023 to only 3.6 million births. So we asked, does the low birth rate concern you? Do you agree with millennials and Gen Zers who are waiting ...