The child mortality rate has increased since 2019, with firearm deaths and substance use playing major roles. Among those aged 1 to 19, the net difference in mortality rates per 100,000 grew from 4 to ...

Hundreds of more babies died than expected in the year and a half after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, raising questions about the ripple effects of the ...

Infant mortality in the United States has risen following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and its federal protections for abortion, new research shows, largely due to babies with congenital anomalies ...

In January, thousands of parents across Indiana opened their child’s report card, anxious to monitor their first semester progress. This winter, the State of Indiana got a report card, too – from ...

Mississippi's HB 1637 would create a fetal and infant mortality review panel with sweeping access to medical records while keeping its work hidden from the public, critics warn.

A new study found that infant mortality rates in Massachusetts were 14 times higher among babies whose mother experienced a pregnancy-associated death than among babies whose mother survived pregnancy ...