Mississippi led the nation in infant deaths for multiple years, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH ...

The United States infant mortality rate rose by 3% in 2022, the first increase in 20 years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data, released Thursday, ...

The number of neonatologists in the United States has grown 227% in the last three decades and the number of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds has grown 48%, but those increases appear to have ...

The infant mortality rate in the United States recently rose for the first time in two decades, according to a provisional report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National ...

According to a report by the March of Dimes, scores in Kansas improved overall. But people of color still face the biggest ...

For many newborn infants, access to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can mean the difference between life and death. The ...

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data on a tragic trend: more than 3,700 cases of congenital syphilis were reported in 2022, nearly ten times the number ...

Officials say data from the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) indicate there are fewer babies dying. IDOH says according to ...

This is the first year-over-year increase seen since 2001 to 2002. Infant mortality rates in the United States increased last year for the first time in two decades, according to new federal ...

South Carolina’s infant mortality rate increased in 2023, ranking the state 42nd nationwide as health leaders point to gaps ...