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Baby Boom in Stronger States Signals U.S. Birth Recovery

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Doctors at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, delivered more than 200 babies in August, a record for a single month, and are on pace for their busiest year ever.

“We’ve got babies coming out of our ears,” said obstetrician Kim McKay. “We’ve seen a baby boom.”