There is nothing quite like the feeling of holding your baby for the first time. It is a moment that so many new parents ...

Innovation is driving incredible new solutions to some of the biggest risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth in ...

In just over a century, childbirth has become much safer. Since 1915, the maternal mortality rate has decreased dramatically. Back then, six to nine women died from pregnancy-related complications ...

This baby has to be out in ten minutes,'" McLaughlin said. ... Maternal mortality fell by almost half in developing countries between 1990 and 2015 ...

New data shows midwives improve outcomes and could cut maternal death nearly in half—yet many U.S. moms still struggle to ...

Overall Increase: Maternal mortality in the U.S. has doubled since 2014, with rates surpassing 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2025. This places the U.S. at the bottom among high-income ...

Lozano, R, Wang, H, Foreman, KJ, et al. Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis. Lancet 2011;378:1139-1165.

”Richest” describes the 10 percent of California households that earn the most. Infant mortality rate per 100,000 Calif. births 700 600 500 400 300 For a wealthy country, the United States is ...

Although the CDC officially says the U.S. maternal mortality rate is a whopping 32.9 deaths per 100,000 births (vs. between four and 10 in Europe), a CDC report from 2020 notes that if we used the ...

The truth is, lack of access to abortion is correlated with high maternal mortality. States where abortion was restricted in 2020 saw an average of 28.8 maternal deaths per 100,000 births.

Maternal morbidity also has been discussed at a national level recently. President Joe Biden declared April 11-17 Black Maternal Health Week. “America’s maternal mortality rates are among the ...