The state Health Department has told hospitals to have guidelines in place to help them better recognize and treat conditions ...

Why do Black mothers in America continue dying at alarming rates in a healthcare system equipped with cutting-edge technology ...

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

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.

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

The U.S. maternal mortality rate decreased to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023, down from 22.3 in 2022, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023. That's ...

However, the new CDC data indicate that between 2022 and 2023, the U.S. maternal mortality rate fell, from 22.3 per 100,000 live births to 18.6 — a decline of nearly 17 percent. This is the ...

American Indian and Alaska Native communities are some of the most underserved minoritized groups in the United States, and ...