Maternal mortality rates also fell significantly for several racial/ethnic groups in 2022 including Black, white and Hispanic women. However, the 2022 rate for Black women of 49.5 maternal deaths ...

As of April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shut down its Maternal and Child Health Branch, which works with other countries to ensure that mothers and children at risk of or ...

Looking at information from the Centers for Disease Control from 2018-2023, the 6abc data team found Black women make up about 70% of pregnancy-related deaths in Philadelphia.

Anil Oza is STAT’s 2024-2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow. You can reach Anil on Signal at aniloza.16. A new U.S. government paper documenting an increase in maternal mortality from ...

Trump Administration Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has ...

Experts warn that cuts to fertility and maternal health programs threaten care access and could deepen reproductive health disparities across the United States.

The national maternal mortality rate in 2023 was 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disparity for Black women was much ...

Nationally, Black women experience a maternal mortality rate of 49.5% per 100,000 live births, significantly much higher than those for white women (19%) and Latinas (16.9%).

Black women face the highest maternal mortality rates, according to the CDC. Virginia families are advocating for change by emphasizing the importance of support, knowledge, and care in childbirth.

The study was based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s division of reproductive health, which monitors maternal mortality and identified the risk of so-called later ...

Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...