COVID-19’s impact has been expansive. One impact that some experts are concerned about is how the coronavirus will affect the birth rate. During economic downturns and pandemics, birth rates decline says Dr. Robert Hartwig. “What we’ve not experienced previously, at least not in this country, is the two occurring simultaneously,” Hartwig said. “There’s an expectation that overall across the United States we will see between 300,000 and 500,000 fewer births in 2021.” Read the entire article here.