U.S. children face rising mortality and worsening health compared to peers in wealthy nations, according to a new study.

Among those aged 1 to 19, the net difference in mortality rates per 100,000 grew from 4 to just under 6 for firearm deaths.

US infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots The U.S. infant mortality rate has been worse than other high-income countries, which experts have attributed to poverty ...

But now is not the time to retreat into our homes to "protect" our children, pediatrician Dr. Christopher Forrest told ...

Rates of mortality, chronic conditions, obesity, and mental health have worsened and compare poorly with high-income peer ...

Both in Indiana and nationally, Black infants and pregnant people continue to die at the highest rate. A community ...

A third of women who died during or in the year after pregnancy were known to Children's Social Care – higher than previously ...

The Ministry of Health on Monday launched Safe Motherhood Week to mitigate the risk of infant mortality across the country. The theme of the Safe Motherhood Week "Every Birth Counts: Strengthening ...

Newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows New Hampshire has the lowest infant mortality ...

The health of American children has deteriorated significantly over the past 17 years, according to a comprehensive new study ...

US children today weigh more, battle more illnesses and face higher odds of dying than youngsters just a generation ago, ...

The infant mortality national rate dropped to about 5.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted Thursday.