See video of first Asian elephant born at National Zoo in over 20 years

The baby was born on Monday, Feb. 2, at 1:15 a.m. ET. Watch as she walks with some assistance from caretakers.

Baby elephant makes historic arrival at Smithsonian's National Zoo as first birth in nearly 25 years

Rare Asian elephant birth at Smithsonian's National Zoo marks first new calf in nearly 25 years, offering new hope for ...

Woman with same name, birthdate connected to three separate murder cases

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Court records show a woman named Shanice Shade with the same birth date has been arrested three times on ...
Medical Xpress

Rise of preterm births in US linked to poverty and race

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that US preterm birth rates rose ...
ons.gov.uk

Period and Cohort mortality rates (qx), 1981 to 2072, 2022-based principal projection, England and Wales

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Los Angeles Times

Woman gives birth in a driverless Waymo taxi in San Francisco. She’s not the first one

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It sounds like something only the San Francisco tech scene could dream up: A newborn’s first-ever car ride takes ...
PBS

1 in 10 births in the U.S. are premature. Here’s how AI could help doctors predict it

Last year, 1 in 10 U.S. babies was born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, which is considered preterm. That’s one of the highest premature birth rates among developed nations, according to the March of ...
The New York Times

Why the Free Birth Movement’s Popularity Threatens Public Health

I have been reading exposés about the free birth movement for nearly as long as I have been covering women’s health. The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical ...
THE WEEK

The controversial Free Birth Society

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...
The Conversation

What’s the difference between a home birth and a free birth?

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...
EURweb

Leslie Wilson, Lead Singer of New Birth, Has Died | WatchListen to Our Musical Tribute

*Unfortunately, we have sad, sad news to report about Leslie Wilson, lead singer of the R&B group New Birth, who has passed away. The group shared the news on October 30, 2025. He passed away three ...
The New York Times

The Woman Who Livestreamed Her Birth

Cady Hoffman and her husband, Bryan Loyd — Fandy and Adamax, to their Twitch followers — talk about broadcasting their daughter’s birth to almost 30,000 gamers. By Amanda Hess When Cady Hoffman went ...