The Cardiology Advisor

ACOG 2026: Certain Comorbidities Contribute to Increasing Severe Maternal Morbidity

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and comorbidities drive rising severe maternal morbidity rates in the United States.
Healio

Rise in severe maternal morbidity rate not driven by increasing maternal age

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Severe maternal morbidity rates increased between 2008 and 2018 for almost every racial and ethnic group. Births ...
KCTV News

New initiative addresses high maternal mortality and morbidity rates: ‘We have to do something’

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - On Sunday, the U.S. Department of Health launched its 2024 Maternal Outcomes Matter Showers (M.O.M.S.) initiative in Kansas City, Kansas. M.O.M.S. is a national tour meant ...
phillyvoice.com

Black mothers in Philly remain far more likely to have unexpected complications during delivery, report says

Black women in Philadelphia are twice as likely to have unexpected complications while giving birth than women of other races and ethnicities, according to a new report. Severe maternal morbidity – ...
The Times Leader

Report: ‘Severe maternal morbidity’ rates up sharply

Severe maternal morbidity — unexpected outcomes during labor or delivery that result in significant consequences to a woman’s health — has experienced “an alarming rise” among patients hospitalized in ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Severe maternal morbidity rates in Massachusetts nearly double in last 10 years, study shows

NEWSCENTER 5 CHRISTOPHER. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. ALARMING NEW STATISTICS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IT FOUND THE PREVALENCE OF SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY DURING CHILDBIRTH JUMPED FROM ...
Healio

Decreases in infant morbidity, mortality slowed in recent years

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the last decade, rates of morbidity and mortality continued to decrease for very preterm infants, but at a ...