Pediatrics

U.S. infant mortality reached historic low in 2019

(HealthDay)—In 2019, infant mortality reached a historic low in the United States, with a rate of 5.58 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the Dec. 8 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Conventional IVF noninferior to PGT-A for live-birth rate

(HealthDay)—Among women with three or more good-quality blastocysts, conventional in-vitro fertilization (IVF) results in a cumulative live-birth rate that is noninferior to the rate obtained using embryo selection with ...

Health informatics

Asia Pacific needs to ramp up births, deaths registration

A strong, universal, responsive civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system is critical for Asia Pacific countries to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that the most vulnerable have access to healthcare, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Fetal mortality drops to historic low of 5.70 per 1,000 in 2019

(HealthDay)—The fetal mortality rate at 20 or more weeks of gestation in the United States was 5.70 per 1,000 live births or fetal deaths in 2019, down 3 percent from 2018, according to the Oct. 26 National Vital Statistics ...

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