New York — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic, new data suggests. More than 1,200 U.S. women died in 2021 during ...

The number of Americans dying due to pregnancy or childbirth soared in 2021, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, a troubling finding following ...

Maternal deaths in Washington rose between 2021-2022, and most pregnancy-related deaths were preventable, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) new Maternal Mortality Review ...

A new study found that the rates of pregnancy-related death in the U.S. increased by nearly 28% between 2018 and 2022, with large disparities based on state, race, and ethnicity. The study, published ...

DOH says behavioral health accounted for nearly half of pregnancy-related deaths, and mothers in rural areas experience higher rates of maternal mortality.

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. California has historically had one of ...

In a country that has one of the worst maternal mortality rates among wealthy nations, pregnant women in North Carolina are particularly vulnerable. The troubling situation was exacerbated by the ...