The infant mortality rate in the United States rose in 2022, the first jump in 20 years, according to data released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Among those aged 1 to 19, the net difference in mortality rates per 100,000 grew from 4 to just under 6 for firearm deaths.

The health of Franklin County residents is impacted far beyond the care they receive from providers, clinics and hospitals.

Efforts in the early 20th century to improve the quality of medical education in the United States led to a steep decline in ...

More than 300 hospitals are at risk of closure. Do Republicans have a plan for helping these communities or are they too busy ...

Advocates see reason for optimism, but warn that federal policy and spending changes could upend efforts to close disparities ...

Rates of mortality, chronic conditions, obesity, and mental health have worsened and compare poorly with high-income peer ...

Local officials are continuing their efforts to reduce the number of Bartholomew County infants who die before their first ...

The Ministry of Health on Monday launched Safe Motherhood Week to mitigate the risk of infant mortality across the country. The theme of the Safe Motherhood Week "Every Birth Counts: Strengthening ...

Recent decisions by the National Institutes of Health to cancel research projects focused on Black infant mortality highlight ...

The health of American children has deteriorated significantly over the past 17 years, according to a comprehensive new study ...

A major new JAMA study reveals that American children are dying at rates up to 80% higher than kids in other wealthy ...