STAT

Maternal mortality data is murky — but the crisis faced by new moms is clear

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between. Too many new ...
Harvard Medical School

Accuracy of Maternal Mortality Rates and Updated NCHS Methodologies: Data Quality Matters

By: Alison Dingwall, Principal Social Behavioral Scientist, MITRE; Rachel Mayer, Senior Health Systems Analyst, MITRE; Samuel Volkin, Healthcare Policy Analyst, MITRE Alison Dingwall Rachel Mayer ...
Yahoo

US maternal mortality rate declines, but disparities remain, new CDC data shows

After a sharp rise in women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic, rates decreased significantly in 2022, according to a new report from the US Centers for ...
Science Daily

Data collection changes key to understanding maternal mortality trends in the US, new study shows

A new study offers fresh insight into trends in maternal mortality in the United States. For the first time, the study disentangles genuine changes in health outcomes from shifts caused by how deaths ...
Medical Daily

Voters Put Preventing Maternal Deaths at the Top of Their Health Agenda, and Federal Data Show 649 Women Died in 2024

Nearly 1 million HealthCare.gov enrollees who paid full price are getting $500 checks. See who qualifies and how to avoid scams tied to the payments. Parents Should Check Amazon Bath Seats and ...
Center for Children and Families

Report Examines Worsening Maternal Morbidity in Texas, How Improving Care Could Cut Medicaid Costs

There’s no doubt that the United States maternal health crisis is severe. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate ...
NPR

The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike

After spiking in 2021, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. improved significantly the following year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data shows ...
The Atlantic

What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis?

If you’re someone who wants to have kids, there seems to be one alarming message screaming at you from every direction: Pregnancy is getting more dangerous. From 1999 to 2019, researchers found that ...
Spectrum News

Lack of maternal mortality data concerns advocates ahead of legislative session

The state’s maternal mortality report, traditionally released every other year on Sept. 1, was pushed to December this year per new state law.
Spectrum News

New funding targets Kentucky’s maternal mortality rate

Kentucky will receive $10 million over five years to support maternal health care as leaders work to reduce preventable ...

Detroit wants doulas to help improve maternal, infant mortality rates

The city of Detroit plans to work with a nonprofit to train residents to be doulas to combat the city's high infant mortality ...
Medical Xpress

Data collection changes key to understanding maternal mortality trends in the US, study shows

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford, published in JAMA Pediatrics, offers fresh insight into trends in maternal mortality in the United States. For the first time, the study ...