New data shows midwives improve outcomes and could cut maternal death nearly in half—yet many U.S. moms still struggle to ...

Maternal death rates varied by race, age All race groups saw significant increases in maternal deaths between 2020 and 2021, according to the report. However, Black women experienced the largest ...

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 ...

Its maternal death rate is now one-fourth of the nation’s. What stops states from doing more. Across the U.S., each state has the power to do what California does.

Researchers have known that the maternal death rate in the United States has been a growing public health concern, and that about 60% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable — but the death ...

Maternal death rates more than doubled over the last two decades, with Black, American Indian and Native Alaskan women being particularly vulnerable to this trend, according to a study in JAMA ...

As the recent "Lost Mothers" investigation by NPR and ProPublica has noted, America's maternal mortality rates are not only high, they are rising. In fact, the United States saw a 26.6% increase ...

Black women have a disproportionately high maternal death rate regardless of the circumstances in their local community, according to a new study. A study released Monday from a team of ...

Concerns about a common, contagious skin infection had some parents worried about their kids’ safety. Governor Ned Lamont is ...

In North Carolina, the overall rate of maternal death is higher than the U.S. average. In 2021, the state’s maternal mortality rate was 44 deaths per 100,000 births, ...