Birth rates have been declining worldwide since the peak of the post-Second World War baby boom. Birth rates have now reached ...

The day you give birth is one of the most important of your life. Creating a birth plan ahead of time helps you make decisions about how you want your labor and delivery to be, and lets others know ...

Khiara Bridges, a lawyer and anthropologist, has long wrestled with inequities in pregnancy outcomes between Black and White people. In her first book on the topic, Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of ...

Birth asphyxia is a condition in which a baby does not receive enough oxygen before, during, or directly after birth. In severe cases, it can cause serious complications and even be life threatening.

A lizard that both lays eggs and gives birth to live young is helping scientists understand how and why these forms of reproduction evolved. The old riddle, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” ...

You’ve got lots of birth control options, and they’re excellent at preventing pregnancies when you use them the right way. Here’s how to get them, and what to do if costs get in the way. It depends on ...