A new CDC analysis shows U.S. maternal deaths keep edging down. On Wednesday, the CDC reported 649 mothers died in 2024 during pregnancy or soon after birth. That is down from 669 in 2023.

There has been a perception that the decline is being driven exclusively by highly educated women from privileged backgrounds. But researchers found that teenagers and white women ages 20 to 24 ...

Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off Australia’s southern coast are having calves less often than they used to. A ...

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth.

The political class is worried about the historic drop. But the biggest change is among the youngest women, who are the least ready to have children.