Despite medical innovations, maternal mortality rates in the US remain high, especially compared with those of similarly wealthy countries.

Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health ...

The paper analyzed data from a CDC database that is different from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System hit hard ...

In conjunction with World Health Day 2025, which focuses on maternal and newborn health, we take a look at the significance of the maternal mortality ratio.

From 1865 to 2025, Black women have consistently faced higher maternal mortality rates compared to other racial groups, and these disparities have been exacerbated by chronic stress, healthcare ...

Expanding the definition to include counties with low ... This work is the work that will drive our maternal mortality rates down. Abortions cannot and could never save the hundreds of mothers ...

According to the new report, the mortality rate for Black mothers ... new data uses the World Health Organization's definition, which says that maternal death is "the death of a woman while ...