In this Aug. 7, 2018 photo, a doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. The arrival of a new baby is all-consuming. You barely know what day it is, and mustering ...

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, ...

State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver, right, presents to the interim public health committee on Sept. 25, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) As Indiana’s maternal and infant ...

According to a report by the March of Dimes, scores in Kansas improved overall. But people of color still face the biggest ...

Infant mortality up 5.6% in states with abortion bans, restrictions Report estimates an extra 478 infant deaths that would otherwise not have occurred Mortality increase greater for babies with ...

In the wake of Texas' abortion ban, the state's infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows. The analysis out of Johns Hopkins University is the latest ...

Officials say data from the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) indicate there are fewer babies dying. IDOH says according to ...

Alabama had fewer babies die before their first birthday in 2024 than in the previous year, but the state’s infant mortality rate remains above the national average. State Health Officer Dr. Scott ...

Fewer babies died before their first birthday in Hamilton County last year than in any year in the past quarter century, according to a new report on infant mortality. Cradle Cincinnati, which formed ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health released its annual report Thursday about infant mortality across the state in 2023.

As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke to the state’s Interim ...

As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke Thursday to the state’s ...