The U.S. maternal mortality crisis is driven by various factors, but primary care providers are uniquely positioned to ...

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, ...

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 ...

Read more from Sarah on the results. New data on violent deaths for pregnant people in the U.S. High rates of maternal mortality have long plagued the U.S. There’s also been another problem ...

Black women saw their maternal mortality rate increase from 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births to 50.3 over one year, while every other racial group experienced declines.

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.

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report from the ...

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

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 ...

The CDC reports a significant decline in maternal mortality though a slight increase for African American women, and media focus on the latter.