Babies born where maternity care is scarce face greater danger, but new research reveals uneven impacts across racial groups.

US-born individuals have higher odds of infant mortality than non-US-born individuals, according to a recent study.

Tennessee’s infant mortality rate has dipped since 2019 but remains significantly and persistently higher than the national ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health released its annual report Thursday about infant mortality across the state in 2023. The report, which is not released until all ...

The infant was found dead on the 300 block of West Pershing Street on January 12, 2025. At the time, Salem Police Chief J.T.

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 ...

The rates of maternal and infant deaths in Missouri remain among the worst in the country. These lawmakers are offering ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Alabama’s infant mortality rate improved in 2024 but remained higher than the national average. The Alabama Department of Public Health released new statistics Thursday ...

A Rutgers University analysis of infants born to non-Hispanic Black and white mothers in the United States has found infants exposed to maternal smoking throughout pregnancy were more than five times ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Leaders in different arenas around the state are looking to make 2026 the year they fight harder to diminish a tragic statistic staining the state of Mississippi. Four months ...