The U.S. maternal mortality crisis is driven by various factors, but primary care providers are uniquely positioned to ...

Black women saw their maternal mortality rate increase from 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births to 50.3 over one year, while every other racial group experienced declines.

Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the ...

New data from the CDC shows that Black women are three and a half times more likely to die due to pregnancy complications ...

Evidence indicates many wealthier people have been able to travel to terminate pregnancies, contributing to increases in abortions despite bans. However, people who are poor, nonwhite and live in ...

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams recently convened a group of advocates and city leaders to move the needle on this crisis ...

Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont were the only 3 states to not report any pregnancy-associated firearm-related deaths from ...

Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The mortality rate for Black mothers in the U.S. has not improved, per data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why it matters: The pregnancy ...

Newly reassembled after state lawmakers let it expire, Idaho Maternal Mortality Review Committee releases 2023 report ...

Native Hawai’ian, Pacific Islander, and Black babies are three times more likely than white babies to suffer sudden ...

As Nigeria continues to grapple with alarming infant and maternal mortality rates, a distinguished consultant pediatrician, ...

Dystocia may occur with maternal or fetal causes. Maternal causes include primary uterine inertia, birth canal obstruction, ...