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New England Had Its Own Little Baby Boom During the Pandemic: Report
While most of the United States has been seeing falling birth rates in the last few years, New England has had a mini-baby boom, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. All six states in New England had rising birth rates between 2019 and 2021, which is just under half of all the 13 U.S. states that did so, according to…
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US Births Rose Last Year But Still Less Than Before Pandemic
U.S. births bumped up last year, but the number of babies born was still lower than before the coronavirus pandemic. The 1% increase was a bit of a rebound from 2020. The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic witnessed the largest one-year drop in births in nearly a half-century. Government officials think last year’s uptick reflects pregnancies that were postponed...
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On the Job: What It Takes to Earn $85,000 a Year as a Doula in Washington, D.C.
Samantha Griffin is a doula and owner of DC Metro Maternity, an agency specializing in labor and postpartum support for women of color.
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Sales of Pregnancy Tests Are on the Rise. That's Good News for Retailers Like Walmart and Target, Bank of America Says
A rising number of millennial couples say they are trying to have a baby over the next 12 months, according to a Bank of America survey.