From 1950 to 2019, 5.0 million excess deaths of Black Americans could have been avoided if mortality rates were equal to those of Whites.

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Black infants and children face twice the risk of death compared to their White peers. Let’s take action to end racial ...

Black babies and children are more than twice as likely to die as white kids, and that gap has grown since the 1950s, a new ...

France has long prided itself on its healthcare system and quality of life, but recent reports reveal a sobering reality: infant mortality rates in the country are stagnating, highlighting a pressing ...

Missouri experienced a downward trend in the number of fetal and infant deaths, but in the past few years, the number of ...

In a shocking turn of events, France is now ranked 23rd out of 27 European Union countries in terms of infant mortality rates in 2022. This startling statistic calls into question the inherited ...

This series was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship. In the empty halls of the Gary ...

Jaipur: A new study from JK Lon Hospital, state's largest govt paediatric facility, has revealed significant deficiencies in ...