Babies born where maternity care is scarce face greater danger, but new research reveals uneven impacts across racial groups.

Analysis of more than 18 million births reveals infants born in counties with no maternity care access face a 14% higher risk of death. The paper, "Maternity Care Access and Infant Mortality", ...

U.S.-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-U.S.-born individuals, according to a study published ...

A new study found that infant mortality rates in Massachusetts were 14 times higher among babies whose mother experienced a pregnancy-associated death than among babies whose mother survived pregnancy ...

As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke to the state’s Interim ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford, published today (28 April) in JAMA Pediatrics, offers fresh insight into trends in maternal mortality in the United States. For the first ...

Affirmative action in local government leadership can significantly help improve health outcomes, particularly infant ...

A sweeping new analysis of U.S. mortality data over the past 70 years reveals that Black children in the United States have consistently faced significantly higher mortality rates than their White ...

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A new study offers fresh insight into trends in maternal mortality in the United States. For the first time, the study disentangles genuine changes in health outcomes from shifts caused by how deaths ...