New March of Dimes Study Finds Lack of Maternity Care Associated with Higher Infant Mortality Across US
A new study published today in JAMA Network Open by researchers at March of Dimes finds that babies born in U.S. counties with little or no access to maternity care face a significantly higher risk of ...
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Infant mortality rate rises sharply when mothers experience pregnancy-associated death
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 ...
The Republic
Committee scrutinizes state’s maternal, infant mortality rates
As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke to the state’s Interim ...
NPR
Cash payments cut infant mortality in rural Kenya by half
New research finds when expectant families in rural Kenya are given $1,000 dollars, infant mortality is cut by half. One of the major markers of development in any country is the infant and child ...
Healio
Study: Global mortality rate down 67% from 1950 to 2023
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Life expectancy returned to prepandemic rates in 2023. COVID-19 fell from the top cause of death in 2021 to 20th ...
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Indiana committee scrutinizes maternal, infant mortality rates
As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke Thursday to the state’s ...