Maternal mortality rate (MMR) measures deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or post-delivery. Understanding its causes highlights critical gaps in healthcare access, nutrition and maternal safety.

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

One exception is that among non-Hispanic Black women, cardiovascular conditions are the most common cause of maternal mortality. These typically linger postpartum and sometimes sh ...

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is “terrible,” says Vox, and it’s at a “crisis level.” The New York Times says “we can stop” rising maternal mortality, which, they also say, is caused by (presumably ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maternal mortality rates across race and ethnicity have more than doubled in the last 20 years, and the increase has been more ...

Every new data point or report appears to confirm it: The U.S. is in the midst of a mounting maternal mortality crisis. With more than 32 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, the risk of dying ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between. Too many new ...

Black women still face maternal death rates that are four times higher than the overall rate, even after post-pandemic ...

Maternal mortality in the U.S. significantly increased in 2021 compared with the previous year, the CDC reported Thursday. A total of 1,205 women died of maternal causes in 2021, compared with 861 in ...