Everything that Lena Burgess feared would go wrong did when she delivered her first child in May. She was diagnosed with preeclampsia during labor, a pregnancy-related high blood pressure disorder, ...

Two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association drive home the devastating effects abortion bans have on the lives of women and children: Severe restrictions lead to many more ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Infant deaths related to unsafe sleep practices in Kent County are down, the health department says, crediting its work to offer more information and resources to families ...

In Duval County’s long battle against a stubbornly high infant mortality rate, 18-month-old Kenneth is a survivor. Early in her pregnancy, mother Kimberly Dingler was single, living by herself and ...

Despite the decrease overall, Black infants continue to die at the highest rate. Lack of prenatal care and overlooked health concerns are factors one expert said increase Black infant mortality.

Although the disparity in the number of overall deaths reported between Black and white Americans has narrowed over the course of the last 75 years, researchers say that the same does not hold true ...

Two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association drive home the devastating effects abortion bans have on the lives of women and children: Severe restrictions lead to many more ...

Infant mortality due to sleep-related causes remains problematic despite extensive public education and media campaigns to prevent it. The number of American infants dying during sleep dropped ...

Nine babies died in Mesa County from 2010 to 2014 under scenarios of unsafe sleeping practice, authorities say. Of those, nearly half happened last year, investigated by Chief Deputy Mesa County ...