Tag: Birth rates

China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls

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BEIJING — Yue Yan is glad to have two daughters but sees why, even with the ruling Communist Party urging them to have more...

Pope raises alarm about Italy’s precariously low birthrate

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ROME — Pope Francis added his voice Friday to the chorus of alarm about Italy’s falling population, calling for government policies that provide the...

Booms in Idaho, Utah buck the curve of slowing US growth

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SALT LAKE CITY — Two Western states known for their rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth,...

EXPLAINER: The law and science behind the CDC’s eviction ban

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When the U.S. government enacted a ban on evictions, it did so through an unlikely agency: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...