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CHICAGO (AP) -- An increase in child abuse, mostly in infants, is linked with the recent recession in new research that raises fresh concerns about the impact of the nation's economic woes....

(MedPage Today) -- Among the myriad negative consequences of the recession that began in December 2007 was a significant increase in the rate of abusive head trauma in children younger than 5, researchers found.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The long-term decline in the U.S. abortion rate stalled as the recession took hold, according to the latest comprehensive survey of America's abortion providers....

The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children.

The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century....

Work pressures during the recession have caused a big rise in mental health problems, according to the charity MIND.

A study of child injury cases in four children's centers around the country suggests that a particularly violent form of abuse has been on the rise

CHICAGO (AP) -- Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say....

A new study suggests that more women are factoring economic anxieties into their decisions about getting pregnant

(University of Michigan) Older Americans have weathered the financial crisis relatively well, although many now expect to work longer than they did just a year ago, according to a University of Michigan study released on Capitol Hill Septemeber 16.

(University of Michigan) Older Americans have weathered the financial crisis relatively well, although many now expect to work longer than they did just a year ago, according to a University of Michigan study released on Capitol Hill today.