Birth

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

Much like his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khamenei has seemingly pushed for an increase in marriage and birth rates across the Islamic Republic.

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

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

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

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

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

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


Israeli midwives stretched too thin, assist multiple births at once

A close and supportive midwifery team can reduce the need for interventions in childbirth and reduce the necessity of cesarean section and instrumental deliveries.

Midwifery continuity care was found to give women better pregnancy experiences than those who didn't have it.

Two men in Canada seek compensation after they discover they were switched at birth

The men, Edward Ambrose and Richard Beauvais, found out they had been switched at birth more than 60 years ago.

 DNA, where genetics live. (Illustrative).

A baby girl was born with a 6 cm tail – and it kept growing

Doctors were stunned when a baby in rural Mexico was born with a "true tail" 5.7 centimeters long – a case that's one in a million.

Illustrative image of a newborn baby

Hospital moves Arab woman after Jewish woman refuses to share room

The Arab-Israeli couple, residents of Nazareth, made an attempt to convince the Jewish woman to let them stay in the room before finally giving up.

 View of the HaEmek Medical Center in Afula on February 12, 2018

I am a single rabbi without children. I shouldn’t be made to feel I am not ‘doing my part’

We should celebrate the role and value of an individual within a community with no correlation to the number of children they raise.

Paper dolls symbolizing isolation from a community

Lower grades in high school may be linked to being born prematurely - study

Researchers analyzed data of siblings born in Denmark between 1986 and 2003 in the study, of which 1.2 million were born during this period, of which nearly 800 thousand had at least one sibling.

 Illustrative photo of a premature birth

COVID increases risk of maternal death - study

Pregnant people who get COVID at any stage are not only at a greater risk for maternal death, but they also are more likely to need care in an ICU.

 Pregnant woman (illustrative)

Parashat Shemot: A conspiracy of women

In this first instance of Pharaoh’s underestimation of women, he fails to recognize that women who bring life into the world are unworthy allies in facilitating violent death

 IN CHAPTER one, Pharaoh tries to stem the Hebrews’ rising birth rate.

What is a French cesarean section - and should you get one?

Einav Bublil gave birth to her child through a French cesarean section, sparking interest in the operation. How much does it cost and is it safe?

 The baby after being delivered via a successful C-Section.

Karen, Donald set to go extinct as baby names in the UK in 2023

Be on the lookout for some interesting baby names, though you might be hard pressed to find any Karens or Donalds in the UK.

Babies (Illustrative)