The U.S. infant mortality rate was around 5.61 deaths per 1,000 live births, while New Hampshire's rate was just under 3. Mississippi had the highest rate, with nearly nine infant deaths.

Just over a third of eligible Arkansans participate in federal nutrition assistance aimed at low-income women and children, ...

Black infants died at a rate of 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, the CDC said. Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic disparities still ...

A major new JAMA study reveals that American children are dying at rates up to 80% higher than kids in other wealthy ...

A new report from Birth Injury Lawyers Group revealed that Mississippi infants are the most exposed to a largely treatable ...

It’s reduced the Black infant mortality rate to nine deaths for every thousand live births – the first time it’s been in the single digits since recording began. Ohio’s infant mortality rate is among ...

Arkansas is grappling with high rates of food insecurity and maternal mortality, but experts believe that expanding awareness of the Women, Infants, and Childre ...

MDHHS said that Black infant mortality rates saw a large decrease year-over-year, dropping from 14.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022 to 11.9 deaths per 1,000 births in 2023.

"Our Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) was as high as 88 per 1000 live births in 2008. This has also come down from 40 (SRS 2020) to 37 (SRS 2021) and further down to 35 (SRS 2022), almost reducing to ...

POSEY COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — Infant mortality rates are seeing a downward trend according to the Indiana Department of Health and Posey County is doing what it can to help support mother and ...

Expanding awareness of the WIC program and improving access to WIC-approved foods could help boost maternal and infant health in Arkansas, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for ...