Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate ...

Show more Show less China's birth rate could fall from 1.4 billion today to around 800 million by 2100, the United Nations says Chinese couples say high child-rearing costs and career worries are ...

China has imposed a 13 per cent value-added tax on condoms, contraceptive drugs and devices as part of renewed efforts to reverse the country’s declining birth rate. The policy, which took effect from ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Hospitals always need blood, but the holidays typically increase the need for blood donations. Healthcare workers and organizations are pushing for people in the community to ...

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