The United States’ maternal mortality rate has improved in recent years, but it continues to lag behind pre-COVID-19 pandemic ...

Early identification of abnormal heart rate and blood pressure is crucial to prevent maternal deaths from postpartum ...

Compared to white women, Black women are still far more likely to suffer pregnancy-related complications or die than the overall population in the United States. Increasingly, experts say, the crisis ...

WASHINGTON — High maternal mortality in the U.S. is preventable, according to advocates, physicians, policy leaders and ...

NEW YORK, NY--Researchers at Columbia University have found that accidental drug overdose, homicide, and suicide are the leading causes of death among pregnant and postpartum women. The findings were ...

Global maternal deaths have declined over the past three decades, yet progress has slowed in recent years and remains uneven across countries, according to new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 ...

Maternal mortality rates are on the rise for all races in the United States and are strongly affected by the health of a woman before she conceives, a Texas advisory committee to the U.S Commission on ...

Because the primary causes of pregnancy-related mortality vary by race and ethnicity, it is crucial to consider whether ...

Researchers at Columbia University have found that accidental drug overdose, homicide, and suicide are the leading causes of death among pregnant and postpartum women. The findings were published in ...

There are several reasons for Texas’s high maternal mortality rate. Texas has a large rural population: 47% of counties lack any maternity care services, and over 25% of rural mothers live more than ...

Introduction Despite global efforts to reduce maternal mortality, progress has stalled, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, ...

Pune: In 2025-26, 971 women lost their lives while giving birth. Even though the number is less than 1,106 deaths in 2024-25 ...