White House Issues Warning Over US Fertility Rate

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a White House press briefing that the declining U.S. fertility rate is a "national security threat" and warned it is not high enough to ensure the American population remains stable. Kennedy was speaking to the press after President Donald Trump announced his administration had struck a new deal to reduce the costs of fertility medication. "Secretary Kennedy is sounding the alarm on a public health issue others are too timid, or too politically cautious, to confront," a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson told Newsweek.