There is nothing quite like the feeling of holding your baby for the first time. It is a moment that so many new parents ...

Maternal deaths spiked during… The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 in December 2024, an increase from 18.6 the year before. Maternal deaths rise, reversing two-year trend ...

Access to obstetric care declined across the US, especially in rural areas, with more than 7 states seeing more than 25% of hospitals lose obstetric services from 2010 to 2022.

Every day, a woman dies in the U.S. from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth — deaths that could often be ...

Finally, a study analyzing maternal mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the pandemic's impact on maternal health, particularly among marginalized groups.

For instance, before the COVID-19 pandemic, maternal mortality for non-Hispanic Black women was 20.7 per 100,000 live births compared with 5.0 for non-Hispanic White women.

Both in Indiana and nationally, Black infants and pregnant people continue to die at the highest rate. A community ...

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 ...

If there is a commitment and a will to stop preventable maternal deaths there is no limit to the varieties of proactive ...

The maternal mortality rate for Black women was 50.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 14.5 deaths for White women, 12.4 for Hispanic women and 10.7 for Asian women. 4.

“It was intoxicating,” she said. About 141 new mothers died from pregnancy in Georgia from 2020 to 2022. But maternal mortality is a bellwether for larger problems, such as lack of general ...

Tennessee's Maternal Mortality Review Committee was established in 2016 to investigate the deaths of women during and after childbirth in an effort to reduce the state’s high maternal ...