The release of a critical report by The Commonwealth Funds this week only further underscores the decrepit state of healthcare in the United States, the center of world capitalism. The study, titled ...

KFF used 2018-22 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to compile maternal deaths and mortality rates. Maternal deaths are defined as deaths of women while pregnant or within 42 ...

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After years on the rise, the U.S. maternal mortality rate decreased in 2022, new government data show. But maternal health experts warn there’s no reason to celebrate: The dip is a course correction ...

No significant changes seen in neonatal mortality or postneonatal mortality rate. HealthDay News — The US infant mortality rate did not change from 2022 to 2023 and was 5.61 per 1000 live births in ...

About The Study: The mortality gap between the U.S. and comparison countries widened in the last decade. Each year, nearly 20,000 deaths among youths ages 0 to 19 years would not have occurred had U.S ...

The recent death in childbirth of Dr. Janell Green Smith casts a grim light on the deplorable state of mortality among black ...

Introduction Large socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilisation and health outcomes have been well-documented in Latin ...