A major new JAMA study reveals that American children are dying at rates up to 80% higher than kids in other wealthy ...

Both in Indiana and nationally, Black infants and pregnant people continue to die at the highest rate. A community ...

Just over a third of eligible Arkansans participate in federal nutrition assistance aimed at low-income women and children, the second-lowest participation rate in the nation.

The health of American children has deteriorated significantly over the past 17 years, according to a comprehensive new study ...

U.S. children face rising mortality and worsening health compared to peers in wealthy nations, according to a new study.

Among those aged 1 to 19, the net difference in mortality rates per 100,000 grew from 4 to just under 6 for firearm deaths.

Since 2015, France's infant mortality rate has consistently been higher than the EU average. Boys are 1.2 times more likely than girls to die before the age of one and twins or triplets are five ...

Per 1,000 live births, the observed infant mortality rate caused by congenital abnormalities was 1.37 compared with an expected rate of 1.24, resulting in a relative increase of 10.87%.

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 ...

A new study finds that the infant mortality rate for births connected to the abortion ban were higher than expected. Rates of births and deaths were evaluated using data between 2012 and 2013 ...

Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. However, mortality rates from Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) rose significantly -- by 11.8% -- from 2020 to 2022.