A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years. "In 2020, we estimate ...

Maternal mortality rates in the United States fell in 2022 after at least three years of continuous increases, new federal data shows. In 2022, 817 women in the U.S. died of maternal causes with a ...

Maternal and infant mortality rates in Missouri are among the worst in the country, a fact several state legislators hope to ...

The United States has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths among high-income countries, and a new study shows these "largely preventable" deaths have risen in recent years. Maternal mortality ...

The United States has had the highest maternal mortality rate among income-comparable countries for years — and this remains the case. While campaigning for president in 2020, Joe Biden said he would ...

Of the pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in 2021 and 2022, committees found 91% could have been prevented.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ranks Tennessee number one for its maternal mortality rate from 2018 to 2022. According to the report, there were 166 ...

But Lost Her Own Life *Dr. Janell Green-Smith spent her career fighting for safe births. A certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and ...

Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, ...