Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. A new U.S. government paper documenting an increase in maternal ...

THEIR NAMES AND A MOTIVE HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. NEW TONIGHT... MISSISSIPPI MOTHERS ARE DYING IN CHILDBIRTH AT ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE COUNTRY. THAT'S ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM THE BIRTH ...

Though the findings are encouraging, they notably exclude maternal deaths due to nonobstetric causes, which make up a ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A report released Monday says that Tennessee has some of the worst infant and maternal death rates in the country. March of Dimes said that the U.S. is not doing enough to ...

Maternal mortality rates are on the rise for all races in the United States and are strongly affected by the health of a woman before she conceives, a Texas advisory committee to the U.S Commission on ...

Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) have recommendations to reduce maternal death ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a striking 17% decline in maternal mortality after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, defying alarmist predictions.

Tennessee consistently ranks among the worst in the nation for maternal deaths. Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, said the Maternal Mortality Review Committee should post quarterly reports for real-time ...

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 ...

A recent report from the Minnesota Department of Health found that maternal mortality among Native American women is 12 times higher than the statewide average. And that most of those deaths were ...