We know that Black women are up to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.

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A maternal health researcher and anxious new parent, I had lived the past year constantly checking for breath and movement ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why maternal mortality is so hard to measure — and why the problem may get worse “We can’t let ourselves get distracted by discrepancies around data and distract ourselves from how poorly we ...

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 ...

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

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In its next meeting on Dec. 6, the Texas Maternal Mortality Committee will begin reviewing death cases from 2024 and will skip over two years of full death reviews.