This map shows how close or far away different ... Women in rural areas have higher maternal death rates than women in urban areas. This impact is compounded for people of color, who often ...

Inaccurate maternal mortality data has deep implications ... where she reports on and makes maps about Indigenous affairs, fortress conservation, and climate migration. Her work can be found ...

There were 283,696 neonatal deaths from perinatal complications, with the top leading causes being disorders related to short ...

In the U.S., the maternal mortality rate is greater than in other high-income countries, with persistent racial and ethnic ...

After years of neglect, the issue of maternal mortality is finally getting attention in policy and politics, as well as in the media, with headlines drawing attention to figures that show the ...

Tennessee's Maternal Mortality Review Committee no longer publishes quarterly updates that give recommendations based off ...

dozens of maternal health advocates say a new state plan to reduce maternal mortality fails to address systemic racism and puts an undue burden on individuals. The plan, unveiled by state ...

Researchers and community workers in Georgia are speaking out against deep cuts to work on maternal and infant mortality that appear in a draft budget proposal for federal health funding.

Even excluding deaths related to COVID, Texas’ maternal mortality rate spiked, reversing two years of improvement. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story.

State health department data on maternal deaths indicate that Indiana’s average maternal mortality rate for the years 2015-2019 is about 52 deaths per 100,000 births — more than twice the most ...