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Japan’s population crisis was decades in the making
For a population to remain stable, it needs a fertility rate of 2.1, defined as the total number of births a woman has in her lifetime. A higher rate will see a population expand, with a large proportion of children and youth, as seen in India and many African nations.
Coronavirus
Do we simply not care about old people?
In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to COVID.
Vaccines
Amid measles outbreak, Florida defers to parents on isolation
A letter to parents from Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo contradicts guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which states that “unvaccinated children, including those who have a medical or other exemption to vaccination, must be...
Medicine
Stanford-led study offers relief to children with dangerous food allergies, leading to FDA drug approval
Medication reduces potentially deadly reactions to allergy-triggering foods like nuts, milk and wheat.
Health Care
Alabama lawmakers hurry to protect IVF clinics
In their ruling, Alabama justices cited anti-abortion language added to the Alabama Constitution in 2018,...