infant mortality

The rate dropped to about 5.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to CDC provisional data. That’s down from about 5.6 per 1,000, where it had been the previous two years.

A new report shows infant deaths rising almost 19% over the past five years. That’s higher than the national average of 5.5% and Florida’s 6%.

Black babies are at higher risk of infant mortality than white babies. There are also several factors behind the barriers to prenatal care in Florida.

U.S. infant deaths surpassed 20,500, 610 more than 2021. The report did not try to answer why the unusual jump occurred, nor whether the rise was a one-year statistical blip or the beginning of a trend.

A decade after a landmark report on Americans' shorter lives, the problem has only gotten worse. Unlike other wealthy nations, U.S. life expectancy has not bounced back from the pandemic.

A new report shows that in Florida - one of 14 states that did not expand Medicaid - the uninsured rate for women of childbearing age is more than twice…

A tiny fraction of American women choose home birth, but that number is inching up. And in some social circles it's downright trendy. One pregnant woman investigates the pros and cons.

Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.

Volusia and Flagler counties are trying to combat high fetal and infant mortality rates.Dixie Morgese, executive director of The Healthy Start Coalition…

After weeks of uncertainty, the directors of Florida programs meant to reduce infant mortality are breathing a sigh of relief. Lawmakers Wednesday...