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 infant mortality rate in the United States rose for the first time in two decades between 2021 and 2022, but social media posts linking the uptick to Covid-19 vaccines are not supported by ...

A single screening colonoscopy reduced colorectal cancer incidence by roughly 30% over 13 years — a meaningful improvement over earlier findings — but failed to produce a statistically significant ...

Rates of maternal mortality in the United States are lower than previous estimates, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology on March 13, 2024.

When the enriched EMR data set was augmented with one external data set, the obituary data set provided the most additional value, followed by claims, and then SSA. The augmentation of all the data ...

KFF used 2018-22 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to compile maternal deaths and mortality rates. Maternal deaths are defined as deaths of women while pregnant or within 42 ...

The nursery phase is a time of many stressors in the pig’s life. Between weaning, transportation, vaccinations and rapid ...