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 ...

(Reuters) - Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion-limiting laws are leading to unintended outcomes. Maki ...

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 ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and several supervisors announced Monday a plan to address maternal and infant health. The Strong Starts initiative aims to get different city departments to move ...

After her maternal mortality bill died, Sen. Kamesha Mumford is requesting $20 million for a program she says would help new mothers.