US Births Drop to Lowest Level in More than 40 Years
May 09, 2021
FILE: An infant grasps volunteer Kathleen Jones hand in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Chicago s Comer Children s Hospital in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Jones, 52, is one of several people who volunteer to cuddle babies at the hospital. Research
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U.S. health officials say the nation’s birth rate in 2020 fell to its lowest level in more than 40 years.
The rate fell 4 percent in 2020 to about 3.6 million babies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a new report. That is the lowest number of U.S. births since 1979.
Young Women Who Grew Up Without the Taliban Fear Their Return
May 03, 2021
Sultana Karimi applies makeup on a customer at Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Kabul s young working women say they fear their dreams may be short-lived if the Taliban return to Kabul. (AP)
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Sultana Karimi works in Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Store in Afghanistan’s capital. She found bravery and her love for beauty in the store.
She and the other young women working or training in the store never experienced the rule of the Taliban over Afghanistan.
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