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WASHINGTON — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people…
Read more Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs — but not yet usable onesPresident Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations and other hardline immigration measures with funding passed by Congress will result in roughly 320,000 fewer people in the United States…
Read more Trump’s deportation plans result in 320,000 fewer immigrants and slower population growth, CBO saysSEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected…
Read more South Koreans are joyful after Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literatureMIAMI (AP) — Five summers ago, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance — then a 34-year-old memoirist and father of a 2-year-old boy — took the stage at…
Read more JD Vance has long been on a quest to encourage more births in the United StatesTOKYO — Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official…
Read more Japan’s birth rate falls to a record low as the number of marriages also dropsNEW YORK — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released…
Read more US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts sayROME — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government wants to allow anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies, reviving tensions around abortion in Italy 46 years…
Read more Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy 46 years after it was legalizedLiving in a state with legal medical marijuana could mean you’re more likely to have sex, according to a study published in the Journal of Health Economics. On…
Read more Legal Medical Marijuana Leads To More SexSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates with more than 50% of…
Read more Cesarean deliveries surge in Puerto Rico, reaching a record rate in the US territory, report saysData from the Institute of Policy Studies showed that women aged 20 to 24 are now less likely to give birth than women aged 35 to 39. Mai…
Read more Singapore’s birth rate is falling and ‘throwing money’ at the problem won’t solve itWithout immigration, the white population in the U.S. would have declined last year. Immigration also propelled the expansion of the Asian population, which was the fastest-growing race or…
Read more Immigration drove white, Asian population growth in US last yearNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control…
Read more US births in 2022 didn’t return to pre-pandemic levelsNEW DELHI — India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said Monday. The milestone…
Read more UN: By month’s end, India population to be world’s largestNEW DELHI — India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said Monday. The milestone…
Read more UN: By month’s end, India population to be world’s largestIndia will surpass China‘s population this month. Or maybe in July. Or, perhaps it’s happened already? Demographers are unsure exactly when India will take the title as the…
Read more When exactly will India surpass China as most populous?Several large, urban counties across the United States gained residents or stemmed population declines in the year ending last July after losing residents in the previous 12-month period…
Read more A look at how the largest US counties gained or lost peopleBEIJING — China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world’s most populous nation ages and its birthrate plunges. The National Bureau…
Read more China records 1st population fall in decades as births dropWARSAW, Poland — A women’s rights group in Poland on Monday urged people to demonstrate after the country’s ruling party leader claimed that Poland’s low birthrate is partly…
Read more Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcohol
