The U.S. infant mortality rate rose last year for the first time in two decades. The rate refers to the number of infants who died before their first birthdays out of every 1,000 live births.

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) -In the state of Mississippi, infant mortality ranks among the highest in the country. Enter “STORK Training” created by the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In a ...

Health care leaders and researchers are exploring why the number of babies who died less than 12 months after birth in Missouri jumped 16% last year. In 2022, a total of 68,985 births and 467 infant ...

Angela Newman-White grapples with a devastating reality: In 2022 alone, 90 babies in Cuyahoga County died before their first birthday, with the mortality rate far higher for Black infants than white ...

Infant mortality up 5.6% in states with abortion bans, restrictions Report estimates an extra 478 infant deaths that would otherwise not have occurred Mortality increase greater for babies with ...

Fewer babies died before their first birthday in Hamilton County last year than in any year in the past quarter century, according to a new report on infant mortality. Cradle Cincinnati, which formed ...