Tarrant County hospitals implement new program to address high maternal, infant mortality rate
According to United Way of Tarrant County, 90% of pregnancy-related deaths have some chance of being preventable.
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Black Patients With Cancer Still Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Whites
Cancer mortality has decreased among Black Americans, but they still have elevated mortality rates compared with White ...
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Cancer Mortality Rates Still High Among Black Patients, Despite Overall Decline
Black individuals had a 2-fold risk of cancer death related to prostate, myeloma, and stomach cancers compared with White ...
Michigan infant mortality rate drops to 6.1%; Doctors say it's still too high
For every 1,000 live births in Michigan, six babies die before their first birthday. This is a decrease, but Michigan has one ...
Heat wave mortality studies reveal climate change impacts and risk for cities
Mortality rates during heat waves have been put in the spotlight with research from The University of Queensland showing a 20 ...
Abortion bans in the US linked to increased births and infant mortality, studies find
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers analyzed the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., identifying ...
'New Covid' discovered in bats has a much higher mortality rate, Wuhan scientists warn
Scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have shared warnings of a new strain of Covid found in bats which ...
Study shows cancer mortality rates among Black people declining, but remain higher than other racial/ethnic groups
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has released Cancer Statistics for African American and Black People, 2025. According to the report, the cancer mortality rate declined from 1991 to 2022 by 49% and ...
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Cancer mortality rates among Black people on the decline, but still higher than other racial and ethnic groups, study finds
According to the American Cancer Society, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in Black men and women after heart ...
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women ...
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Abortion in 2025: Access, Fertility, and Infant Mortality Updates
While Republican state-led efforts aim to increase restrictions to abortion care and access to mifepristone and misoprostol ...