A wide disparity in fetal mortality continued during the first two years of the pandemic: Black mothers are more than twice as likely to experience a fetal death at 20 weeks or more than white mothers ...

A leading proponent claims the legislation should be a harbinger of things to come for the anti-abortion movement in Florida.

Some 99% of global newborn deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where pregnant women often struggle to ...

AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. — The Aiken County Coroner's Office is investigating a fetal death as a homicide, suggesting drug exposure was the cause. Coroner Darryl Ables said his office responded to the Aiken ...

Black women’s fetal mortality rate declined by nearly four percent in 2020 but still remained much higher than other racial groups, according to a new report. In 2021, there were 21,105 fetal deaths, ...

The World Health Organization recommends that pregnant women receive influenza vaccine. During the 2009 influenza pandemic, it was recommended that pregnant women also receive the additional pandemic ...

Arkansas' fetal mortality rate in 2024 narrowly improved from the previous year, although the state still ranked among the 10 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- A local congressman says the FDA grossly underestimated the harm caused by a contraceptive device. And he alleges the maker paid doctors kickbacks to recommend the device to ...

Fetal deaths and infant homicides were stable during the early COVID-19 pandemic as live births increased nationwide, a pair of government reports has found. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

The number of fetal deaths in the United States continued its long-term slide in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new government data. The number of fetal deaths starting at 20 ...

Black women's rates were 9.89 per 1,000 compared to 5.74 per 1,000 nationally. Fetal mortality rates declined among Black women in 2020 but were much higher than other racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.