Tori Bowie's death highlights race gap in maternal death rates
Having a baby in the United States continues to be a risky proposition, particularly for Black women, according to a pair of new reports.
Jun 26, 2023
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Having a baby in the United States continues to be a risky proposition, particularly for Black women, according to a pair of new reports.
Jun 26, 2023
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In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world.
Jun 21, 2023
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Black women are four times more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the latest figures published by Mbrrace—a national program which surveys and investigates the causes of ...
Jun 2, 2023
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The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living ...
May 30, 2023
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Pregnancy is a difficult and potentially dangerous time in a woman's life, and U.S. women say they aren't getting the support they need while they're expecting, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll has found.
May 18, 2023
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When 28-year-old Navy veteran Carisma Carter pulled her car up to the front of the Atlanta VA Clinic, her seat was pushed far back from the steering wheel to make room for her big belly. Carter was 8 months pregnant.
May 16, 2023
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Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2.1. aims to end preventable deaths of newborns and under-five children by 2030. Although significant progress has been made worldwide in this regard with global under-five deaths falling ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Maternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal mortality ratio was 530 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is much higher than the global average of 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Following the emergence of the highly contagious Delta and Omicron COVID-19 variants pregnancy-related mortality rates, in the United States rose faster in 2021, compared to the previous year, according to a new study by ...
Mar 16, 2023
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From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in the maternal mortality rate, which was seen across racial and ethnic groups and across ages, according to a report published in the March Health E-Stats, a publication of the U.S. ...
Mar 16, 2023
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