WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The population of the United States will have surpassed 341 million by the time the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day (EST), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

As the health clock ticks away, let us look at how we can better this world in terms of controlling population growth, improve life expectancy and keeping a check on diseases.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics "population clock" recorded the historic milestone at just after 11pm on Tuesday. [[AEST]] Australia's population originally had not been expected to hit 25 ...