One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

Background Although multiple studies have offered self-collection for human papillomavirus (HPV)-based cervical screening in ...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has linked child rearing with national progress, faces the challenge of slowing, if not halting, a looming demographic crunch. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

The United States could see its population shrink for the first time ever in 2025 as immigration numbers and birth rates have plummeted, according to a report. Net international migration to the US in ...

Oregon’s population has grown very modestly over the past few years, a sharp contrast to the robust expansion during the 2010s. But even that modest growth has relied upon people moving to Oregon from ...

NEW YORK – Quest Diagnostics believes a proteomic blood test could help identify patients at high risk of certain cancers who could benefit from conventional screening approaches or other evaluations.

As the global population growth rate continues to decline, governments should make concerted efforts to keep population replacement levels steady, according to this stimulating study. Economists and ...