The United States has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world — and it’s getting worse. The rate ...

Pregnant women are more likely to die of violence than any medical cause in the U.S. and are at greater risk for violent ...

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

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, researchers will unveil findings that suggest that nationwide more pregnant ...

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the ...

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

That’s down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 in 2021, when it was the highest in more than 50 years. Excessive bleeding, blood vessel blockages and infections are leading causes of maternal deaths.

While maternal deaths in the U.S. declined in 2023, Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white w ...

Most maternal deaths occur within the first year after giving birth, and cardiomyopathy – a form of cardiovascular disease – ...

Birth defects: A leading cause of infant mortality Birth defects affect 3% of pregnancies in the U.S. They can be caused by exposures to certain medications, infections, maternal diseases or genetics.

Asian American women also saw a decrease, from 13 to 11 deaths per 100,000 live births. Common causes of maternal deaths included excessive bleeding, blood vessel blockages and infections such as ...