The findings align closely with a December study by the Commonwealth Fund, an independent health care research foundation, that found maternal death rates in 2020 were 62% higher in states with ...

Maternal mental health disorders such as suicide and opioid overdose are responsible for nearly 1 in 4 maternal deaths in the US, research shows. Prasit photo/Moment RF/Getty Images/File CNN — ...

The maternal mortality rate for Black women in America is, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2.6 times that for white women. Now a recently published study in the ...

The statistics show it’s all too common for Black women to face pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidities. Black women in the United States are three times more likely to die ...