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 ...

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report from the agency’s ...

A report released Monday says that Tennessee has some of the worst infant and maternal death rates in the country.

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 ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. A new U.S. government paper documenting an increase in maternal ...

Thursday is Maternal Health Awareness Day, and the United States has higher rates of maternal death than any other high-income nation. Philadelphia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in ...

Ala., today joined Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. to reintroduce the NIH IMPROVE Act, which would ensure consistent funding for research on maternal care and mortality. This bill is the Senate companion to ...

Related video above: Disparities persist in Black maternal, infant healthMore U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data ...

In Louisiana, the risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes is more than four times higher than in California, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. In 2023, Louisiana had one of the ...