Average age also increased for first-time moms, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The team responsible for updating the CDC’s “contraception bible,” which advises doctors on birth control safety, was ...

“Many state governments are coercing women into continuing unwanted pregnancies, yet also maintain barriers that keep them ...

First-time mothers are older, teen pregnancies are down, and Americans are rethinking when to start families. Women in the ...

New CDC data shows the average age of US mothers reached 29.6 in 2023, with significant differences across geographic and ...

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Recent vaccination announcements have led to some confusion. Four physicians weigh in on who should get vaccinated and when ...

A new study suggests that the surge in pandemic-fueled drinking caused a sharp and continuing rise in fatal liver disease, ...

Headlines blared in May when U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the ...

The app has been downloaded more than 440,000 times, according to the CDC. Now, the work of that team has been halted as part of the reduction of the Women’s Health and Fertility Branch of the ...

Dr. Danielle Ely, co-author of the report and a health statistician at the NCHS ... 3.4 deaths per 1,000 live births for Asian women, per the CDC data. Infants born to American Indian and Alaska ...

Despite a reversal on guidance at the federal level, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services continues to recommend the current COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy and for every person 6 months and ...