For much of 2020, many American mothers-to-be were hesitant to carry pregnancies to term as COVID-19 vaccines had yet to be developed and distributed, hospitals were filling with infected patients and ...

For much of 2020, many American mothers-to-be were hesitant to carry pregnancies to term as COVID-19 vaccines had yet to be developed and distributed, hospitals were filling with infected patients and ...

A research paper published Thursday linked 9,799 additional live births in Texas to an abortion ban that the state passed in 2021, confirming what researchers had expected to happen after the bill was ...

Maternal deaths in the United States nearly doubled over three years, with a sharp rise at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday. In the newest available ...

Among racial and ethnic groups, Black women had the highest rates. Maternal mortality rates in the United States fell in 2022 after at least three years of continuous increases, new federal data shows ...