
US births continue to decline but 'may be returning to pre-pandemic levels,' preliminary CDC data suggests
CNN
The overall number of babies born in the United States continues to follow a downward trend but "may be returning to pre-pandemic levels" now, a new federal report suggests.
US births dropped 2% in the first half of 2021 compared with the year prior, according to the new National Center for Health Statistics report, released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The same decline in births was observed for the first half of 2020, and births fell 5% in the second half of 2020.

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