The neonatal mortality rate in the US decreased from 1999 to 2022, with deaths from interstitial emphysema and related conditions showing the steepest decline, yet mortality from slow fetal growth and ...

In 14 states that adopted abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, birth rates and infant mortality increased, a pair of studies published in JAMA showed. In one study, there were an estimated ...

Over the last two decades, U.S. neonatal mortality has generally declined, though not all leading causes of death followed this trend. There were 283,696 neonatal deaths from perinatal complications, ...