infant mortality

Ohio's infant mortality rate has improved slightly in the past decade. But Black babies in the state are dying at a rate more than twice as high as white infants.

In another victory, the county's Black infant mortality rate also achieved single digits for the first time in 2023.

Mama Certified is a program that provides Black families with a meaningful way to assess and compare the maternal-related efforts of local birthing hospitals as well as encourage and support hospitals’ efforts to ensure Black parents-to-be and their babies receive respect and care.

Kentucky’s rate decreased by around 6% in the last year, yet it remained higher than the national average rate.

Cradle Cincinnati's newly released five-year strategic plan aims to reduce Black infant mortality in Hamilton County. It lays out three goals for supporting birthing people throughout their pregnancies and afterward.

In 2022, 89 babies died before their first birthday — that's 21 more than in 2021.

Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, scholars noted that states with the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. also had higher maternal mortality rates. Now, researchers warn, those death rates could get even worse.

The annual Infant Mortality Rate report from Cradle Cincinnati finds the number of babies dying before their first birthdays continues to decline, setting a new record low in 2021.

Ohio lawmakers have drafted new legislation that would provide greater access for mothers to doulas during the birthing process. Could this new bill, H.B.…

Hamilton County's infant mortality rate dropped in 2020 to its lowest number since record keeping began in 1968. Cradle Cincinnati reports Black infant…