Black children conceived through in vitro or other fertility methods may be at risk of developing fatal health complications, a new study from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention found. The ...

Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse’s Black infant mortality rate has spiked to its highest level in years. From 2022 to 2024, the city’s Black infant mortality rate was 14 deaths per 1,000 births, the worst ...

For months, Dr. Daniel Edney had watched his state's infant mortality rate rise. "It just kept climbing," he remembers. "We'd get another death coming in, another death coming in." As the public ...

Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care.

The situation at Al-Shifa Hospital appears to be beyond catastrophic. A photo released by a hospital doctor shows premature babies taken out of incubators and kept closely together to stay warm.

As more and more evidence links maternity care access to infant death rates, new research reveals a surprising twist: That finding is not equal across racial and ethnic groups, suggesting access alone ...