NEW YORK (AP) — Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but ...

Maternal mortality rates remain alarmingly high worldwide, with nearly 95 per cent of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Most of these deaths are preventable, yet progress ...

UN Warns Maternal Deaths in Afghanistan May Rise After US Funding Pause By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. aid official said on Tuesday that a U.S. funding pause would cut off millions of ...

However, little is known regarding maternal perceptions about sensory-based interventions in the NICU. Further, understanding maternal perceptions was an important part of the process during ...

"John is currently in the intensive care unit and in the capable hands of the hospital ICU team. "John's fiancée Emmaleen and his parents Hughie and Tina would like to thank everyone for their ...

1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health ... reported barriers and facilitators to discharge tool utilisation), preserving the meaning from their original ...

Subsequently, we explored the main and moderating effects of caregiver-perceived self-competency and sense of meaning on caregiver psychological outcomes. Design/participants Cross-sectional analysis ...

the lack of a uniform definition of RDS, and inconsistent data on COVID-19 severity, gestational age at delivery, and other RDS-related risk factors. According to the researchers, “Effective ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Approximately half of critically ill adults experience intensive care unit acquired weakness ... This review summarizes the latest ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — On National Maternal Health Awareness Day, Karlee Lipton, a mother from Conway, shared her personal journey with postpartum depression to emphasize the critical importance ...

Mothers were screened for postnatal depression after their preterm infant’s birth (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, EPDS), then for stress (Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, ...