Birth

Vietnam targets natural birth sex ratio by 2035 with crackdown on fetal sex selection

The skew towards boys in Vietnam's sex ratio at birth has been among the highest in Asia for years. The draft says the ratio peaked at 114.8 boys per to girls in 2018.

Children wave flags of Vietnam and Laos ahead a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi on January 26, 2026.
US Vice President JD Vance with his wife Usha Vance visit the preliminary women ice hockey group A match of Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics between USA vs Czech Republic at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena on February 5, 2026 in Milan, Italy.

It's a boy! JD Vance and wife Usha celebrate birth of fourth child

GIRLS ATOP a corrugated tin roof on May 17, 2026 along the Strait of Hormuz in, on Qeshm Island, Iran.

Mojtaba Khamenei pushes for baby boom as regime braces for incoming population crisis

 An illustrative image of babies.

Research: Fathers get depressed after child's birth, just not right away


Born under fire: MDA delivers baby in Jerusalem minutes before rushing to shelter

MDA said the baby was born healthy at home, turning what began as an emergency into a brief moment of relief for the family.

MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times in 2025

‘I shielded the baby with my body’: Paramedic protects newborn during Iran missile alert

Emergency crews operate under clear safety procedures during missile alerts, but the presence of both a newborn and a mother who had just given birth created a particularly complicated situation.

Magen David Adom paramedic Elad Pas shields a newborn baby during a missile alert.

Adding Light: New Life Delivered by MDA Under Fire

From ambulance births during rocket sirens to home deliveries against the odds, MDA teams bring hope and life during the Festival of Lights

Yasmin and Yaniv Mittelberg with paramedics Adel Hamias, Yarin Benita, and Dvir Malul who helped deliver their baby boy.

Finding meaning in mundane

Skin to skin - The doctor told him, “Place your hands gently on them, your touch can help.”

New american father taking care of his premature baby doing skin to skin at hospital in post natal department.

Birth rates: Why are Israel's rising while numbers drop in the West?

What is causing this dramatic decline in births throughout the rich, developed world? And why is Israel an outlier?

An armed Israeli pushes a pram along a street in Tel Aviv.

'Significant risks': Newborn passes away after tragic home birth in Israel

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center has confirmed the death of the newborn who passed away during a planned home birth near Hadera. The mother is recovering from emergency surgery.

 MDA PARAMEDICS on the job.

Breakthrough fertility technique prevents diseases by using DNA from three parents

The British trial, conducted at a fertility center in Newcastle, involved 22 women who met strict medical criteria, hoping to conceive without passing on harmful mutations.

 In vitro fertilization. Genetic material from three parents.

Chinese media reports: Cloned yak born in Tibet, weighs 33.5 kilograms at birth

Cloned yak weighed 33.5 kilograms at birth, significantly more than most newborn yaks, according to researchers.

 Chinese media reports: Cloned yak born in Tibet, weighs 33.5 kilograms at birth.

Giving birth under fire: How Israeli mothers are coping under Iranian missile attacks

HEALTH AFFAIRS: New mothers navigating labor under attack from Iran share their stories with the ‘Post.’

 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, on September 22, 2024

High Court grants custody of IVF baby to adoptive, not biological parents

The error occurred when the embryos were swapped, and a girl ended up being born to a couple who were not her biological parents.

 Samson Assuta hospital, October 20, 2024.