Mecklenburg County sees improvements in infant mortality rates, yet health disparities endanger Black infants.

Over the last decade, Ohio policy makers pushed to prevent more infant deaths. The state's infant mortality rate decreased slightly as a result, but the disparity between Black and white infant ...

Infant mortality rates have increased in states that adopted abortion bans after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

Since Roe v. Wade, which federally protected pregnant people’s right to obtain an abortion in every state, was overturned in 2022, it appears the U.S. infant mortality rate is on the rise, especially ...

Black health care professionals will convene in Charlotte this weekend, with a focus on caring for mothers and babies. Recent ...

States that implemented abortion bans had higher infant mortality rates. A new study finds that the infant mortality rate for births connected to the abortion ban were higher than expected. Rates of ...

Indiana ranks among the worst states for infant and maternal mortality rates. IU Health announced a new grant to improve ...