dozens of maternal health advocates say a new state plan to reduce maternal mortality fails to address systemic racism and puts an undue burden on individuals. The plan, unveiled by state ...

After years of neglect, the issue of maternal mortality is finally getting attention in policy and politics, as well as in the media, with headlines drawing attention to figures that show the ...

Headlines challenging the existence of a US maternal mortality crisis set off shock waves among clinicians, researchers, and advocates who are deeply engaged in the fight for maternal health and ...

Key Findings: Maternal Mortality in 2025 While the Trump administration pitches a $5,000 incentive for women to boost America’s birthrate, it’s hard to ignore the glaring disconnect with ...

Here is what you need to know about the rate, causes, and prevention of mortality during childbirth. When a person dies from ...

Wade in 2022, pretty much every awful thing we all predicted would happen has happened, or is starting to happen, and maternal mortality is sadly no exception. On Wednesday, the Gender Equity ...

The U.S. maternal mortality crisis is driven by various factors, but primary care providers are uniquely positioned to prevent pregnancy-related complications, according to experts. In a recent ...

While U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, the country's maternal mortality rate is still a national crisis — far exceeding other high-income nations ...

Maternal mortality rates in Kenya remain at an alarming 355 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. [iStockphoto] County governments and the ...

These are the very kinds of cases state maternal mortality review committees are supposed to delve into, determining why they happened and how to stop them from happening again. But panels in ...

On Friday, NBC published the first maternal mortality data from Texas since SB 8 took effect, and found maternal deaths in the state increased by a staggering 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared to an ...

The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee met on Friday to discuss the latest two-year maternal mortality report and to discuss changes, including for the group to review ...