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Can We Predict Our Ability to Conceive?

BU School of Public Health Blog

October 25, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook After a brief uptick during the COVID-19 pandemic, the birth rate in the United States resumed its decades-long decline in 2023, dropping by three percent in 2023 to the lowest rate in a century.

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The fossil fuel industry is disproportionately harming low-income and minority women: Report

Environmental Health News

The report, published by Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), analyzed existing research about fossil fuel extraction and related facilities to explore the unequal impacts on women of color in North America. WECAN identified nine regions that appeared most frequently, including the Gulf Coast, to focus additional research.