North Korea's maternal mortality rate was estimated at 67 per 100,000 live births in 2023, a number dramatically lower than ...

North Korea's maternal mortality rate was estimated at 67 per 100,000 live births in 2023, a number dramatically lower than ...

Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural residents.

Despite medical innovations, maternal mortality rates in the US remain high, especially compared with those of similarly wealthy countries.

The NIH analysis saw the increase over five years and called the issue “an urgent public health priority.” Almost one-third of the pregnancy-related deaths took place between six weeks to a year after ...

A new study found that the rates of pregnancy-related death in the U.S. increased by nearly 28% between 2018 and 2022, with ...

Pregnancy-related mortality has risen sharply, and doctors have overlooked a particularly dangerous period: from six weeks to ...

The paper analyzed data from a CDC database that is different from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System hit hard ...

Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South attempt to stem high maternal and infant mortality ...

There are some disturbing statistics related to black women in this country who experience significantly higher maternal mortality rates compared to white women.

The AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies Initiative (BHMB) offers tools and resources that hospitals and health systems ...

There was a 49% case fatality rate for yellow fever in South America between the last months of 2024 and the first weeks of ...