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Why falling birth rates will be a bigger problem than overpopulation

The cost of housing and fertility treatments may deter people in high-income countries from having children ER Productions Limited/Getty Images…

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Lifestyle

First Over-the-Counter Birth Control, Opill, Heads to Stores

In an unsuspecting win for reproductive freedom, Opill, the first nonprescription birth-control pill in the United States is finally here.…

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Opill, an over-the-counter birth control pill, will be available in stores soon : Shots

Opill is the first birth control pill available over the counter in the United States. Perrigo Company plc hide caption…

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Food & Drink

The Fried Rice I Didn’t Know I Needed After Giving Birth

In The Fourth Trimester, we ask parents: What meal nourished you after welcoming your baby? This month, it’s ginger fried…

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Business

Seoul mayor proposes city-sponsored dating event to boost Korea’s low birth rate

South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rate, at just 0.78 births per woman as of 2022. It’s likely to…

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Politics

For first OTC birth control pill, price a major question mark

The first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. will hit the market soon, and the Biden administration is facing…

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Politics

The Switch Up — Black maternal mortality crisis: Birth behind bars

In our last episode, we explored how the maternal mortality crisis disproportionately affects Black birthing people and other women of…

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Politics

Pregnant women in ‘Cancer Alley’ more likely to give birth prematurely and to babies with low birth weight: Report – The Hill

A new report from Human Rights Watch highlights the health harms besides cancer impacting residents of ‘Cancer Alley.’  ‘Cancer Alley’…

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Science

These snails give live birth, and it’s the babies that may do the labor

The oddball minority of animals that don’t lay eggs includes a tough little snail called a rough periwinkle. Unlike mammals…

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Science

Does the birth of a cloned monkey mean we could now clone people?

The cloned rhesus monkey Zhaodi Liao et al. After numerous attempts over the years, a healthy rhesus monkey has finally…

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