World is falling behind on UN's child mortality Sustainable Development Goal

A new study tracking global progress on child mortality finds that the world will miss a key United Nations (UN) health target by at least five years at current rates, with the burden falling heavily ...
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Red State Declares Emergency After Hitting Highest Infant Mortality Rate In The Country

Mississippi health officials declared a public health emergency last week in response to the state’s rising infant mortality rate, stating that too many “families are losing their babies before their ...
Medscape

US Neonatal Mortality Rate: Unveiling the Perinatal Causes

The neonatal mortality rate in the US decreased from 1999 to 2022, with deaths from interstitial emphysema and related conditions showing the steepest decline, yet mortality from slow fetal growth and ...
NPR

In a state with high maternal mortality, a woman fights to open a birth center

Rising maternal and infant mortality rates are making birth a more risky proposition in the U.S. We'll visit a community in Georgia where one woman is pushing to open a birth center. The Trump ...
Live Science

'We know what to do; we just have to implement it.': Pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in other wealthy countries. But we could fix that.

Cuts to Medicaid and legal confusion around patient care post-Roe v. Wade may prevent improvements in the maternal mortality rate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...