The Covid-19 pandemic has once again shown that “one-size-fits-all” doesn’t really work in public or population health. (Photo: Getty) The Covid-19 pandemic has once again shown that ...

On a special episode (first released on August 1, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Across the globe, populations are in precipitous decline. People are simply not having children at the fertility rate ...

We have some news about the year that just ended. The world's population grew by more than 75 million people last year. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now, that sounds like a lot, but the pace of growth is ...

The census is conducted every 10 years in the United States, but did you know it’s required by the Constitution? In Article I, Section 2, the Constitution says Congress must count the residents of the ...

New census data shows that the country’s median age is now over 38. In 1980, it was 30. By Dana Goldstein The median age in the United States reached a record high of 38.9 in 2022, according to data ...

Analysts and policy makers are worried about a trend showing more people are leaving Massachusetts than being born or moving here. It looks like this started during the pandemic and is continuing.

China struggled for years to curtail its rapid population growth. Now that its population is declining, economists and others fear serious implications for China and countries around the world. By ...