childbirth

A new report finds that deaths related to childbirth complications-spiked nearly 80% since 2018, with COVID-19 being a factor in a quarter of the 1,178 deaths reported last year.

Despite years of efforts to reduce the use of cesarean sections in delivering babies, rates remain high, especially in the South. Black women, particularly, are more likely to give birth by C-section.

A pair of Senate and House Bills looks to address maternal deaths from what legislators say are preventable complications during pregnancy. Supporters...

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.