In 2024, the U.S. maternal mortality rate was 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births — the lowest level since 2018, according to a CDC report published March 4. Five notes: 1. In 2024, there were 649 ...

The United States’ maternal mortality rate has improved in recent years, but it continues to lag behind pre-COVID-19 pandemic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ranks Tennessee number one for its maternal ...

Black women still face maternal death rates that are four times higher than the overall rate, even after post-pandemic ...

Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Crucial progress to stop women and babies dying in childbirth is now in reverse - SPECIAL REPORT: Success in bringing down ...

Black women remain three times more likely than white and Hispanic women to die from pregnancy-related complications, according to the latest maternal mortality rates released last month by the ...

The United States has had the highest maternal mortality rate among income-comparable countries for years — and this remains the case. While campaigning for president in 2020, Joe Biden said he would ...

Olivia Walton, the founder of Bentonville-based women's health and economic advocacy organization Ingeborg Initiatives, ...

There are several reasons for Texas’s high maternal mortality rate. Texas has a large rural population: 47% of counties lack any maternity care services, and over 25% of rural mothers live more than ...