The CDC released two reports about mortality rates for mothers and babies in America and they include some stark racial divides. New mothers are dying at higher rates than mothers in any other ...

This is the first year-over-year increase seen since 2001 to 2002. Infant mortality rates in the United States increased last year for the first time in two decades, according to new federal ...

How can CMOs reduce hospital mortality rates at their organizations? CMOs play a crucial role in helping hospitals reduce mortality rates by overseeing initiatives and strategies aimed at improving ...

Mortality rates for children are rising at rates not seen in at least half a century, interrupting a long era of progress in shepherding America’s youth to adulthood. The death rate for children and ...

While UnitedHealth Care dominated health news headlines during 2025, excess mortality was the biggest health story of the year.

Having low lung function as a middle-aged smoker without airway obstruction raised the likelihood for all-cause mortality, ...

KFF used 2018-22 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to compile maternal deaths and mortality rates. Maternal deaths are defined as deaths of women while pregnant or within 42 ...

Of the pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in 2021 and 2022, committees found 91% could have been prevented.

South Carolina’s infant mortality rate increased in 2023, ranking the state 42nd nationwide as health leaders point to gaps ...

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda highlights a significant decline in India's maternal mortality rate due to increased ...