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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 ...
Risk of Maternal Mortality Is Twice as High in Abortion-Banned States, New Study Says In 2023, the first full year without Roe, the risk of maternal death in Texas was 155% higher than in California.
It also presents an opportunity to avert cascading negative maternal outcomes and maternal mortality in the United States. Interoperability—the exchange and use of health care data—is a key ...
In their Oct. 21 letter to state surgeon general Dr. Diana Ramos, the advocacy groups said that the maternal health blueprint acknowledged racial inequities in maternal mortality rates, but didn ...
Maternal mortality issue long clouded by conflicting data, reporting methods. Experts say it's time to focus on the qualitative aspects of improving care. Skip to Main Content.
Maternal mortality In 2021, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. stood at 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, surpassing rates in most other high-income countries.
Anil Oza is STAT’s 2024-2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow. You can reach Anil on Signal at aniloza.16. As part of the sweeping layoffs that rocked the Department of Health and Human ...