Hundreds of women in the United States die from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth and the time after giving birth each year, and the country’s high maternal death rate makes it an outlier ...

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 ...

The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Centers for ...

This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we mine public databases to tell quick stories about the world around us. In a matter of a year, Georgia’s ...

The United States infant mortality rate rose by 3% in 2022, the first increase in 20 years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data, released Thursday, ...

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is “terrible,” says Vox, and it’s at a “crisis level.” The New York Times says “we can stop” rising maternal mortality, which, they also say, is caused by (presumably ...

Every August, for the past 22 years, Alesha Martin-Lane has mourned the loss of her daughter Tayler, who died at just five months old in 2003. Born prematurely with pediatric Graves’ disease—a rare ...

Mortality varies by race, according to newly released data, and about 70% of pregnancy-related deaths were deemed preventable ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...