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How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues
Read full article: How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for cluesTwo years into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world has seen a dramatic improvement in infections, hospitalizations and death rates in recent weeks, signaling the crisis appears to be winding down.
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US births fall, and virus could drive them down more
Read full article: US births fall, and virus could drive them down moreNEW YORK U.S. births continued to fall last year, leading to the fewest number of newborns in 35 years. The CDC found the number of births fell about 1% from 2018, to about 3.7 million. Birth rates continued to fall for teen moms and for women in their 20s. Aside from a one-year uptick in 2014, U.S. births have been falling every year since 2007, when a recession hit the country. It's unclear what will happen to births this year, said Brady Hamilton, the CDC report's lead author.