Healio

Q&A: Maternal mortality rate still higher than pre-pandemic levels

The United States’ maternal mortality rate has improved in recent years, but it continues to lag behind pre-COVID-19 pandemic ...
Healthline

MRSA Survival and Mortality Rates and What Affects Them

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...
Healio

US pediatric mortality rate surpassed peer nations decades ago

The mortality disadvantage among children in the United States has existed for more than 50 years, according to recent ...

Olivia Walton launches campaign to reduce nation’s maternal mortality rate by 50% in 5 years

Olivia Walton, the founder of Bentonville-based women's health and economic advocacy organization Ingeborg Initiatives, ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Maternal mortality rates, state by state

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 Cardiology Advisor

Switching Organ Types Across Consecutive Transplant Surgeries Tied to Elevated Mortality

One-year mortality rates are increased when transplant surgeons switch between different organ types in consecutive surgeries.