For nearly two decades, California has made significant progress in reducing maternal mortality. In fact, our state has the lowest maternal mortality rate in the nation. But despite this progress, ...

The CDC reports that black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.

Research shows the United States has some of the worst maternal mortality outcomes among wealthy nations. “In a post-George Floyd world, people are more bold and uncompromising,” said Aza ...

Discover the latest CDC report on maternal mortality rates in 2023, revealing a drop for all but Black women. Learn about the analysis of age and race ...

The U.S. maternal mortality rate decreased to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023, down from 22.3 in 2022, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine and other leading research institutions have highlighted alarming trends: The rise in maternal mortality rates cannot be attributed to a single cause.

Black women in the United States continued to face the highest maternal mortality rates, dying at a rate more than three ...

"The huge burden of maternal death in Nigeria is second to only India," said a study published in the BMC Pregnancy Childbirth journal in ... upward trend in maternal mortality of about 4% per ...

Black women in the U.S. face the highest maternal mortality rates, with D.C. experiencing a severe crisis with 90% of ...

This suggests women are delivering more babies with severe congenital malformations who have no hope of survival ... mortality Birth defects affect 3% of pregnancies in the U.S. They can be caused by ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but ...