Given the risks facing the economy in 2026, a downturn cannot be ruled out, Joel Naroff writes.

China is removing its tax exemption on contraceptives in an effort to boost birth rates. But some are concerned that it ...

Experts are concerned over potential increases in unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases due to higher costs ...

As China's number of deaths has been higher than the births, India overtook as the world’s most populous country in 2023 ...

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three ...

Cities do not always grow in a straight line. Like living organisms, they experience growth, maturity, and sometimes decline. This decline, known as urban shrinkage, is a natural phase in the urban ...

Global economic growth is expected to moderate over the next 15 years in relation to prior decades, according to economists.

The population of American eels has declined. They need protection, conservationists say, despite their resilience.

Many Chinese struggle with the temptation. In a population of 1.4bn, some 300m are smokers. Most are male: nearly half of ...

China’s population is projected to fall by more than California’s current population in the next 10 years—and that is only ...

Urban shrinkage is a natural phase in the life cycle of industrialized cities that occurs due to population decline. Most ...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) have today ...