Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Too many new moms are dying in the U.S. Exactly how many, however, is harder to establish. After years of ...

The United States has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths among high-income countries, and a new study shows these "largely preventable" deaths have risen in recent years. Maternal mortality ...

Black women in the U.S. are more than three time more likely to die from pregnancy related complications than their white counterparts. Recent data shows maternal deaths have dropped nationwide, for ...

US pregnancy and postpartum deaths receive substantial news coverage, and reporting is frequently alarmist. This summer, a LiveScience article claimed that “pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in ...

The addition of the pregnancy checkbox on death certificates in 2003 was responsible for most of the spike in maternal deaths since 2000. However, in 2021, adjusted maternal death rates peaked at ...

New numbers show a 28% jump in cases over two years. We break down what's behind these numbers.