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☆ Here's why Americans having fewer kids won't doom the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

America's falling population isn't necessarily bad for the economy, Fisher Investments said. The US birth rate just fell to its lowest level in over 40 years, according to provisional CDC data. AdvertisementAmericans aren't having nearly as many kids as they used to, but that won't be the blow to the US economy that many have feared, according to Fisher Investments. Related storiesBut fewer babies being born isn't necessarily a bad thing for the economy, the firm said. "Yes, falling birth rates could have negative long-run ramifications if a true reduction in human capital and other factors don't offset this.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, Fisher, Ken Fisher Organizations: Fisher Investments, Service, Centers for Disease, Bank

☆ I grew up homeless and was a millionaire by 35. I'm teaching my kids to budget so they always have stability.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I had a home, and I also knew I wanted money. That's when I really started thinking about the life I wanted my children to live. Our kids save for their wantsBoth my kids earn money through doing chores. I want my kids to be motivated, not entitledThere are many things I'm able to give my kids that my parents couldn't give me. I'm thrilled to be able to offer my kids the kind of life I only saw on television.

Persons: —, Stephanie Mearse, Joseph, Vincent, I'd, Tiffany, they'll, They'll Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Sophia Bush says she and Ashlyn Harris, retired USWNT star, are in relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Actress Sophia Bush has come out as queer, a year after announcing that her short-lived marriage had ended. The 41-year-old star of “One Tree Hill” has opened up about her love life in an intimate feature-length magazine article. Instead of running away, I doubled down on being a model wife,” she wrote. Among them was former soccer player Ashlyn Harris, whom Bush said she had known for four years and who was splitting from her wife and former teammate, Ali Krieger. She described “falling in love” with Harris, adding: “I sort of hate the notion of having to come out in 2024.

Persons: Sophia Bush, Grant Hughes, “, ”, Ashlyn Harris, Sydney Leroux, Todd Williamson, Peacock, Bush, acceping, Ali Krieger, Harris, I’m, I’ve, ” Bush Organizations: CNN, FIFA, Gracias Locations: Los Angeles, London’s, LA

☆ I was desperate to have a second baby because I disliked being an only child
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Janine Clements | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When it came to having kids, I wanted a big, noisy family. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI wasn't always an only child; I became one when I was 4 and my brother, who was 18 months old, died. Desperate for my daughter not to be an only child, I couldn't give up. But my fears were unfounded, and we were blessed with a healthy baby girl — and a sibling for my daughter.

Persons: I've, —, I didn't, didn't Organizations: Service, Asherman's Locations: Singapore, New York

☆ I was afraid of losing my ex because I didn't want kids. I realized I'd be losing myself if I compromised.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Cristabelle García | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I loved my ex almost immediately, but he wanted kids, and I didn't. I wondered how much doubt about having kids was normal. When Cristabelle Garcia and her ex had differing desires about wanting kids, they parted ways. However, it only made me notice the relief I would feel whenever my ex entertained the idea of not having kids. My ex felt I was over-indexing on my alone time.

Persons: —, We'd, wouldn't, Cristabelle Garcia, hadn't Organizations: Service

☆ Male infertility contributes to about 40% of cases of infertility. What to do about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

I think the possibility that the man could have fertility issues can be more than just a clinical concern. That isn’t the case, which is why it’s crucial to broaden our focus and address male infertility. Within this context, male infertility plays a significant role, contributing to around 40% of cases of infertility. Treating male infertilityTreating your male fertility issues can start right now. Don’t stay silentTackling male infertility requires care that extends beyond the confines of medical treatment.

Persons: Jamin, That’s, “, you’re, what’s Organizations: Orlando Health, University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine, CNN, Consulting Locations: Alabama, United States

☆ US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as US births dipped in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century. But the 3% drop between 2022 and 2023 brought the rate just below the previous low from 2020, which was 56 births for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. The birth rate fell among most age groups between 2022 and 2023, the new report shows. For older women, the option of waiting is not as viable.”Meanwhile, births continued to shift to older mothers. Provisional births data is based on birth records received and processed by the National Center for Health Statistics as of January 25.

Persons: “ We’ve, ”, Brady Hamilton, ” Hamilton, Court’s Dobbs, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Hamilton Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, CNN Health, CDC Locations: United States

☆ Some workers are choosing housing and student loan benefits over a retirement plan, and it says a lot about America's cost-of-living crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Standard benefits, like medical, dental, or vision care, are typically included in most employee benefits plans. "With workers of all ages repaying student debt, student loan assistance should be a key consideration in the enhancement of employee benefit programs," Newcome said. Non-traditional benefits could also convince workers to rethink remote workRethinking employee benefits could also be the key to enticing remote workers back to the office. Additionally, 69% said they would be willing to change their job or career for employer-based housing benefits. As the landscape of employee benefits evolves to meet the changing needs of the workforce, companies are becoming more innovative.

Persons: —, John Newcome, Kelly, Newcome, Boring, Bonds Organizations: Service, Business, Employees, Walmart, SpaceX Locations: Austin, Bastrop

☆ I spent over $50,000 on IVF treatments. Eventually, one of my sisters donated her eggs, and the other was my surrogate.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Stephanie, 41, stepped up as our surrogate, while Meredith, another of my sisters, was our egg donor. AdvertisementStill, we did a total of six more rounds of IVF, costing more than $50,000. But we're a very close family — Stephanie, Meredith, and my youngest sister, Samantha, lived through every high and low of our IVF journey. Meredith and Stephanie presented us with the most special gift in the world.

Persons: —, Jacyln, Stephanie, who'd, Jaclyn, Greg, We'd, Meredith, Turner, Mosaic Turner, Jaclyn Feiberg, endometriosis, Samantha, selflessness, didn't, David Berck, Barbara, hysterically Organizations: Service, Business, Health Locations: Westchester , New York

☆ Breasts take center stage at Venice Biennale exhibition
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —What is one of the earliest and enduring subjects in art and media — as well as one of the most censored? And these are all themes explored broadly in the exhibition “Breasts,” a robust survey on display at the 60th Venice Bienniale. “It’s very intimate, so it’s perfect for international artists to develop a dialogue with each other,” she said in a video call. “Artists keep going back to it.”“It’s been a wonderful moment to contemplate my own relationship with the meaning of breasts,” she added of the show. Scroll to see artworks from the show, which will run through November 24 at the Palazzo Franchetti.

Persons: they’re, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Salvador Dalí, Anna Weyant, Chloe Wise, Lakin, Carolina Pasti, “, ”, Bernardino del Signoraccio, Sherman, Jesus, Del, Raphael, Flavio Gianassi, we’ve, Teniqua Crawford, “ It’s, Todd White, Europe Allen Jones, Maggiore Allen Jones, Maggiore Laura Panno, Christopher Bucklow, Tetrarch, Claudia, Schiffer, Christopher Bucklow Giorgio de Chirico, Nudo, Turin Louise Bourgeois Organizations: CNN, Venice Bienniale, Artists, Buchanan Studio, Maggiore Locations: Venice, Europe, Italy

☆ You Finished I.V.F. and Want to Donate Embryos. Is There a Tax Benefit?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ron Lieber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But a few unusual ones linger for people all over who want to explore every option. What does the law say about what you can and can’t do with your embryos? And if you donate them — say, to a university for research — can you take a tax deduction? It is not clear how many human embryos sit in storage across the United States, but plenty of people who put them there worry about losing control over them. Selling embryos seems outlandish, though it may not violate federal law.

Persons: Tara Siegel Bernard, I, — Organizations: Alabama, Transplant Locations: United States, Alabama

☆ E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two ‘Forever Chemicals’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Coral Davenport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration is designating two “forever chemicals,” man-made compounds that are linked to serious health risks, as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, shifting responsibility for their cleanup to polluters from taxpayers. The compounds, found in everything from dental floss to firefighting foams to children’s toys, are called forever chemicals because they degrade very slowly and can accumulate in the body and the environment. The chemicals are so ubiquitous that they can be detected in the blood of almost every person in the United States. One recent government study discovered PFAS chemicals in nearly half of the nation’s tap water. found the chemicals could cause harm at levels “much lower than previously understood” and that almost no level of exposure was safe.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency Locations: United States

☆ Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

But it’s 29 years old, written when the true internet era was still just a gleam in Al Gore’s eye. You could further argue that the passage predicted the Great Stagnation that Tyler Cowen identified in 2011, the productivity slowdown and disappointing economic growth that followed the initial 1990s-era internet boom. Writing for Quillette, he argues that globalization and homogenization have reduced cultural competition in roughly the way that the “Lost World” passage describes. It’s not just that we’re forgoing opportunities to improve our macro cultures. Shouldn’t we expect that macro cultures, when selection is weak, will drift into dysfunction just as firm cultures do?

Persons: Marc Andreessen, Michael Crichton’s, Crichton’s, Ian Malcolm, ” Malcolm, Al, John, Tyler Cowen, Malcolm, Crichton, Robin Hanson, It’s, Hanson, ” Organizations: Benetton, Western, George Mason University Locations: Bangkok, Tokyo, London, Al Gore’s, John Hammond’s, Davos, South Korea

☆ Ashanti and Nelly are engaged and expecting a baby
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Congratulations are in order for singer Ashanti and rapper Nelly. “This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,” Ashanti, 43, said in a statement to the publication. Ashanti attended the MTV VMA Awards around that time, where Nelly was a scheduled performer. She carried a clutch with a photo of her and Nelly from when they attended the awards ceremony together back in 2003. It wasn’t anything that was planned.”CNN has reached out to representatives for Nelly for additional comment.

Persons: Ashanti, Nelly, ” Ashanti, she’s, Tina Y, Douglas, gasps, Baby Haynes, ”, Cornell Iral Haynes Jr, “, Rasheeda, Kirk Frost, Rasheeda ”, ” Nelly Organizations: CNN, ”, Cornell, MTV, Hop Atlanta

☆ My friend said he'd be my sperm donor, and I was ecstatic. When we learned he was infertile, we were both heartbroken.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Valerie Bauman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I know this is going to sound crazy, but I've been trying to get pregnant for months now. I want to be a single mother by choice, and have actually been working with a sperm donor here in DC. But it occurs to me…you would be an excellent candidate for the role of biological father to my baby… Would you ever consider being a sperm donor? It really would mean a lot to me for my child to have a relationship with the donor. I chose David because I wanted to be able to be certain that I wasn't going to screw up my kid — at least not by using the wrong donor sperm.

Persons: David, I've, —, David I, Eddie, Valerie Bauman Organizations: Service, Union Square & Co Locations: inseminations, DC, Mexican American

☆ Advertising restrictions can have harmful effects on women’s health. Here’s what one company is doing about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

And on social media sites like Instagram, ads for Frida products related to fertility and breast health have long been censored and removed. A February 2023 report published by Canada’s Alberta Women’s Health Foundation found that taboos around women’s health issues hurt women by reducing awareness of conditions like menstruation symptoms and loss of bladder control. According to Bird, the return on investment when it comes to funding women’s health is tremendous, “but the funding alone can’t do it. The science alone can’t do it.”“You actually have to be able to disseminate information about women’s health … at a level that can be understood. “You’re seeing that kind of decision-making around the advertisements being on social media, but in the general public, we talk about women’s bodies and women’s lives,” said Bird.

Persons: New York CNN —, Frida, Chelsea Hirschhorn, there’s, ”, “, ” Hirschhorn, Hirschhorn, Jackie Rotman, Meta, it’s, Critics, Chloe Bird, Bird, Sara Murray Jordan Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, CVS, Target, Walmart, ABC, Meta, Intimacy Justice, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Canada’s, Canada’s Alberta Women’s Health Foundation, Center for Health Equity Research, Tufts Medical Center, Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Locations: New York, Instagram, Canada’s Alberta

☆ American women are stockpiling abortion pills amid political uncertainty
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewDonald Trump's views on a national abortion ban have not exactly been transparent. But then, last week, after Arizona's Supreme Court revived a near-total abortion ban dating back to 1864, Trump said the court had gone too far and that he wouldn't sign a national abortion ban if it came across his desk. Merle Hoffman, a longtime abortion activist, told Business Insider that some women have started to stockpile abortion pills like Mifepristone. "We've already seen women going ahead and getting tubals and their partners going ahead and getting vasectomies. AdvertisementIn this climate, Hoffman said the abortion rights movement is in an "extremely defensive political position" and is fighting for their rights state by state.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, it'll, Trump, Joe Biden, Merle Hoffman, I've, Hoffman, Debbie McNabb, they're, McNabb, They're, We've, they'd Organizations: Service, Business, Trump Locations: Texas, United States, Mifepristone, Mexico

☆ Republican Women Are Divided on Abortion as Bans Spread
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Elizabeth Dias | Lisa Lerer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rebecca Gau, a self-described “reasonable Republican” in Mesa, Ariz., is conflicted about many things that her party promotes. But she knows exactly what she thinks about Arizona’s new — or rather, very old — Civil War-era abortion ban. “Are you nuts?” she said, adding that she was frustrated with the ban and Republican politicians inserting themselves into women’s health choices. Across the country, fractures are emerging among conservative and centrist Republican women, as they confront an unrelenting drumbeat of new abortion bans and court rulings. For years, the party’s message was simple and broad: Republicans oppose abortion.

Persons: Rebecca Gau Organizations: Republican Locations: Mesa, Ariz

In a meeting with her staff last week, Vice President Kamala Harris offered a prediction: Former President Donald J. Trump would not support a national abortion ban. Instead, she said, he would take a position that would muddy the waters on an issue that she believed could be deeply damaging for his campaign. We need to make him own this, she told her aides. On Tuesday, Arizona’s top court upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. And on Friday, before more than 100 abortion rights activists and supporters, Ms. Harris plans to deliver a simple message: Blame Donald Trump.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald J, Trump, Harris, Arizona’s, Donald Trump Organizations: White House Locations: Tucson, United States

☆ Here’s where BlackRock sees investment opportunities as demographics shift and the population ages
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Aging population plays In developed markets with aging populations , health-care needs will rise, creating an investment opportunity in the sector, Li said. "The relative outperformance of the health-care sector is to be expected in the context of an aging population," Li said. It tracks the health-care sector of the S & P 500 . "An economy-wide, sustained productivity boom is very hard to achieve, especially in the context of the supply constraint coming from, among other things, demographic shortage, aging population," Li said. "If India is able to bring more people into the working population, especially women, that will significantly boost its growth trajectory," she said.

Persons: Wei Li, dwindles, BlackRock, Li, It's, it's Organizations: BlackRock, World Health Organization, United Nations, Healthcare, Bank Locations: BlackRock, Japan, U.S, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, India, China

☆ Your drinking water could contain fewer hazardous 'forever chemicals' under new federal rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe Biden administration is cracking down on toxic "forever chemicals" that are widespread in America's tap water, food, and household products. EPA also set limits for mixtures of two or more PFAS chemicals, because research shows they may have combined health impacts. "The technology is there, especially to clean up drinking water, to filter these compounds out of the water. "For too long, many people across the country have had been drinking contaminated water levels that likely impact health." The Biden administration has a broader $9 billion PFAS strategy that goes beyond drinking water, including military bases, airports, and food packaging.

Persons: —, Biden, Ken Cook, Michael Regan, Regan, David Andrews, Andrews, it's, Carmen Messer, PFAS Organizations: Service, EPA, Business, Environmental, Companies, Chemours, DuPont, Harvard's, Chan, of Public Health Locations: North Carolina, Minnesota, Fayetteville , North Carolina

☆ E.P.A. Says ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Be Removed From Tap Water
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Lisa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the first time, the Biden administration is requiring municipal water systems to remove six synthetic chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems that are present in the tap water of hundreds of millions of Americans. The extraordinary move from the Environmental Protection Agency mandates that water providers reduce perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known collectively as PFAS, to near-zero levels. The compounds, found in everything from dental floss to firefighting foams to children’s toys, are called “forever chemicals” because they never fully degrade and can accumulate in the body and the environment. The chemicals are so ubiquitous that they can be found in the blood of almost every person in the United States. A 2023 government study of private wells and public water systems detected PFAS chemicals in nearly half the tap water in the country.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Environmental, Agency Locations: United States

☆ Trump is recreating his web of chaos at home and abroad in a preview of what a second term could look like
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Some top Democrats worry that Americans have forgotten the chaos that raged every day Donald Trump was president, and that voters’ faded recall of the uproar will end up handing him a second term. Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is threatening to topple Johnson if he dares to pass it. — Nationwide chaos is, meanwhile, spreading in the wake of the Trump-built Supreme Court conservative majority overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. — Bipartisan efforts to solve a border crisis are in tatters after Trump’s House followers in February killed the most sweeping and conservative bill in years. Yet Trump has vowed to end the war in 24 hours if he wins a second term.

Persons: Donald Trump, ’, Trump, Mike Johnson, Ukraine –, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Johnson, Roe, Wade, Trump’s, Joe Biden, —, Johnson –, Lago Trump, bucked Johnson, Bill Barr, CNN’s Annie Grayer, ” Barr, ”, Barr, “ We’re, Greene, “, ” Greene, CNN’s Manu Raju, We’re, laud, Ronald Reagan’s, Vladimir Putin’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, don’t, CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen, Putin, Christopher Cavoli, ” Cavoli, Biden, majority’s handiwork, he’d, didn’t, –, he’s Organizations: CNN, GOP, Republican, Trump, Washington, Trump -, Mar, Foreign Intelligence, FBI, FISA, Kremlin, Ukraine, European Command, House Armed Services Committee, Arizona Locations: Ukraine, Arizona, tatters, America, Washington, Russia, Georgia, Florida, Russian, Mar, Alabama

☆ How to limit PFAS in your drinking water and food, according to experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“It would be about 25 years before all the PFAS leave your body.”Testing your waterWhat can consumers do right now to limit the levels of PFAS in their drinking water? Filtering your waterIf PFAS levels are concerning, consumers can purchase an under-the-counter water filter for their tap. “The water filters that are most effective for PFAS are reverse osmosis filters, which are more expensive, about in the $200 range,” Andrews said. Reverse osmosis filters can remove a wide range of contaminants, including dissolved solids, by forcing water through various filters. PFAS in food and your homeDrinking water is not the only way PFAS enters the bloodstream.

Persons: Melanie Benesh, “, ” Jane Hoppin, ”, Andrews, PFAS, ” Andrews Organizations: CNN, Environmental Protection Agency, Geological Survey, Environmental, ”, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Center for Human Health, Environment, North Carolina State University, NSF, National Sanitation Foundation, EWG, US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Research, Education, Community Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Locations: United States, polluters, Raleigh, Texas

☆ The 'sandwich generation' faces pressure as the world ages — here are 3 tips to prevent burnout
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"There's this tendency in the welfare state to sort of outsource the elderly care," Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, director of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University told CNBC Make It. Although home-care for the elderly improves their wellbeing, it can also place pressure on younger generations. The so-called sandwich generation refers to middle-aged people who have elderly parents to care for, as well as their own children who are still dependent on them. The younger generations have to support their elderly parents or grandparents. "This would entail defining one's family value system, setting out personal goals, life aspirations, allocating and committing personal resources," Wong suggested.

Persons: Momo, John Wong, Jan, Emmanuel De Neve, Wong, Jialu Streeter, boomers, Streeter Organizations: WHO, Getty, National University of Singapore's, Science, CNBC, World Health Organization, United Nations, Economic, Oxford University, Loo Lin, of Medicine, NUS, Stanford Institute for Economic, Pew Research, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Locations: Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan

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