Babies born where maternity care is scarce face greater danger, but new research reveals uneven impacts across racial groups.
Over the last decade, Ohio policy makers pushed to prevent more infant deaths. The state's infant mortality rate decreased slightly as a result, but the disparity between Black and white infant ...
Mississippi has just declared a public health emergency involving an alarming rise in infant mortality rates. Between 2023 and 2024, deaths of children under age one rose to 9.7 per 1,000 live births ...