Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, ...
Working alongside hospitals and health systems, the American Hospital Association’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies (BHMB) initiative aims to eliminate preventable maternal deaths and reduce ...
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) — Preventable pregnancy-related deaths rose and stark racial disparities remained in the Illinois Department of Public Health’s most recent maternal mortality report.
US pregnancy and postpartum deaths receive substantial news coverage, and reporting is frequently alarmist. This summer, a LiveScience article claimed that “pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in ...
Minnesota Department of Health data from the last five years shows most maternal deaths in the state are preventable, and ...
The death of a Black midwife following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities in Black maternal health care. Black women are still three times more ...
For every newborn cry in Harris County, a shadow hangs over Black mothers—the terrifying possibility that they might not live to hear it. Here, in the heart of the world's largest medical hub, Black ...
The recent death in childbirth of Dr. Janell Green Smith casts a grim light on the deplorable state of mortality among black ...