North Carolina’s maternal mortality rate saw a 100% increase from 2019 to 2021 during the peak of the pandemic, data shows. AsiaVision Getty Images In a country that has one of the worst maternal ...

The U.S. maternal mortality rate, already far higher than peer countries, soared during the pandemic. More than 1,200 women in the U.S. died of complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth in ...

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 ...

Despite a historic drop in fetal deaths in the U.S., Black mothers are still twice as likely to lose a fetus compared with white mothers, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Alabama had fewer babies die before their first birthday in 2024 than in the previous year, but the state’s infant mortality rate remains above the national average. State Health Officer Dr. Scott ...

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Fewer babies died before their first birthday in Hamilton County last year than in any year in the past quarter century, according to a new report on infant mortality. Cradle Cincinnati, which formed ...