Learn how often it happens, the leading causes, and how advocates say we can prevent maternal death.When you’re having your first child, it’s exciting to think about holding your baby for the first ...

Maternal mortality rates are rising, especially for Black women. In one community in Georgia, some women say they are losing trust in doctors and hospitals.

There is apprehension ab­out the reliability of the maternal mortality ratio given its periodic assessment owing to the ...

The bill was passed by the House and is being read by the Senate. The state’s maternal mortality review committee reported that there were 35.6 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births ...

From 1999 to 2019, researchers found that maternal-mortality deaths in America more than doubled. To many observers of U.S. media, this was no surprise. For years, headlines had blared warnings ...

The data shows that 817 women died of maternal causes in the U.S. in 2022, compared to 1,205 in 2021. ... The maternal mortality rate in 2022 was 22.3 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The state of maternal mortality in the United States is shocking to some. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:43:17 GMT (1749584597007) Story Infinite Scroll ... but not from accidental or incidental causes. ...

The rate of maternal mortality related to cardiovascular causes more than doubled between 1999 and 2022 in the United States, according to a study being presented at the American College of ...

Non-Hispanic white women had an increase in maternal mortality per 100,000 live births from 6.66 in the 1999-2002 to 8.22 in the 2018-2021 period while maternal mortality per 100,000 live births ...

In Florida, Black women experience disproportionately high rates of maternal and infant mortality — a fact two local Black-led nonprofits are working to change.