There are striking disparities based on demographic factors and the U.S. lags behind some comparable nations.

Infant mortality in the US has been generally trending down since at least 1995, when consistent tracking started, but rates are still much higher in the US than they are in many peer nations. There ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's infant mortality rate dropped last year after two years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau. Some experts think one reason for the drop could be a vaccination campaign ...

Infant deaths have increased in the United States since the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade and allowed states to make abortion illegal, researchers reported Monday. The change ...

Infant mortality rates increased by 3% in 2022 compared with 2021 and marks the second straight year of increases, according to the CDC. The CDC and National Center for Health Statistics linked birth ...

Grave warnings of a crisis in maternal deaths are being slightly eroded by articles suggesting that advocates overreached and that the “crisis” was primarily a ...

Americans born after 1970 are dying faster than their parents, with higher rates of heart disease, cancer and overdoses between ages 30 and 49.

FLINT, Mich. - The nation’s first community-wide prenatal and infant cash prescription program began in Flint, and now data ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...