According to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of obstetric units across the country is falling.

The quest for health equity has its roots in more than a century of data showing that morbidity and mortality rates for poor ... Even in the 19th century, the lack of health equity in the United ...

In states like Tennessee, residents of childbearing age are more likely to live in maternal care deserts and face overall ...

And the states that passed the laws had little incentive to track their consequences. Biden directed the secretary of HHS to ...

Fewer people who gave birth in 2022 received adequate prenatal care compared to the prior year, and more Bay Staters used fertility treatment, according to a new report ...

BENGALURU: Karnataka recorded 348 maternal deaths till November this year, with 217 cases reported in just four months, from August to November. Of these, 179 were in government hospitals and 38 ...

And Community-Level Factors Associated With Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Among Infants Born Preterm in 5 US States,” published in the December 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Hwang et al. Sudden ...

Texas has seen an increase in newborn babies placed in dumpsters after the state passed a restrictive anti-abortion law, a ...

While some were marginal shifts, the data available for New York showed a rise from 27 to 37 and Texas from 89 to 98. Both states have seen high-profile killings in 2024, including a woman burned to ...

Severe maternal morbidity in the first pregnancy was associated with a reduced likelihood of subsequent birth. Women are less likely to have a second birth after experiencing severe maternal morbidity ...

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