In other news, the first report on the number of American births in twenty-ten shows another decrease. Births have been decreasing since an all-time high of more than 4.3 million in two thousand seven. Federal officials say state health departments reported just over four million births last year.

And that's the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Caty Weaver. I’m Steve Ember.

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Contributing: Art Chimes and Carol Pearson