Child mortality in the U.S., defined as deaths of children age 1 to 19, has likewise seen slower declines than in other ...

A new study found that infant mortality rates in Massachusetts were 14 times higher among babies whose mother experienced a pregnancy-associated death than among babies whose mother survived pregnancy ...

As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke to the state’s Interim ...

Researchers deliberately obscured a data point about white babies under the care of black physicians because it ‘undermines the narrative.’ When the high-profile Students for Fair Admissions v.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford, published today (28 April) in JAMA Pediatrics, offers fresh insight into trends in maternal mortality in the United States. For the first ...

New research finds when expectant families in rural Kenya are given $1,000 dollars, infant mortality is cut by half. One of the major markers of development in any country is the infant and child ...

Mississippi declares a public health emergency as 2024 infant deaths reach highest rate in over a decade, far above the U.S. average. The Mississippi State Department of Health has declared a public ...

A new study offers fresh insight into trends in maternal mortality in the United States. For the first time, the study disentangles genuine changes in health outcomes from shifts caused by how deaths ...

As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke Thursday to the state’s ...

State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, right, presents to the interim public health committee on Sept. 25, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) As Indiana’s maternal and infant ...