A recent report has revealed that more work may need to be done in Kansas City as unacceptably high infant mortality rates ...

This Saturday marked the 20th annual Solano County African American Community Baby Shower, an event with a goal of increasing ...

The Metro Kalamazoo Branch NAACP stopped by three locations Saturday to accept donations of new baby supplies like diapers, ...

The females will have sperm stored since last autumn; it’s only when they emerge in the spring that they will ovulate and ...

4-day conference on facility-based newborn care.

Age remains a major risk factor, with maternal mortality rates significantly higher among women 40 and older. In 2023, the mortality rate for this age group was 59.8 deaths per 100,000 live births – ...

Researchers found that abortion bans in 14 states led to nearly 22,200 additional births in 2023. During that same period, almost 480 more infants died, a 6 percent increase, in states with strict ...

For every 1,000 live births in Michigan, six babies die before their first birthday. This is a decrease, but Michigan has one ...

Life expectancy in western countries, once on a steady upward trajectory, has hit a worrying slowdown with obesity, poor diet ...

While Republican state-led efforts aim to increase restrictions to abortion care and access to mifepristone and misoprostol ...

Two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association drive home the devastating effects abortion bans have on the lives of women and children: Severe restrictions lead to ...

This is not just about personal choice; it is about national and economic stability and the future of public health ...