Abortion activists and supporters protest outside of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in response to the leak of the Supreme Court vote to overturn ...

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is “terrible,” says Vox, and it’s at a “crisis level.” The New York Times says “we can stop” rising maternal mortality, which, they also say, is caused by (presumably ...

The infant mortality rate in the U.S. is on its way up. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a nearly 3% rise in the rate of infant deaths between 2021 and 2022, ...

A new study raises doubts about the high rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. that was officially reported. It is an unimaginable tragedy every time somebody dies after childbirth or during ...

The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. White and Native American infants, infant boys and ...

Arizona's infant mortality rate has surpassed the U.S. level for the first time in at least a decade, signaling a problem that experts say could be improved with regular prenatal care and safer sleep ...

Black infants died at a rate of 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, the CDC said. Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic disparities still persist ...