Warning after mum and baby's homebirth deaths

A coroner has warned more women could die unless action is taken to bring about national guidance on home births after the ...

Russia’s population is shrinking rapidly. Putin is trying to put a stop to that

Russia’s population has fallen from 147.6 million in 1990 — the year before the USSR collapsed — to 146.1 million this year, according to Russia’s Federal Statistics Service. Since the 2014 illegal ...
TASS

Birth rate in Russia up 7.3% in January 2025 — statistics

The number of contracted marriages increased to 48,334 or by 28.7% against the like period of the last year, the Russian Federal Statistics Service, Rosstat, reported MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. The ...
Newsweek

Russia’s Birth Rates Predicted To Hit Record Low

Russia's birth rate has fallen to a historic low, reaching levels not seen since the late 18th to early 19th century, according to a leading Russian demographer. Newsweek has contacted Russia's ...
Newsday

Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...

'Gross failings' in mum and baby's home birth deaths

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died at North Manchester General Hospital on 3 June 2024, shortly after suffering a haemorrhage during ...