The nation's infant mortality dropped to a new all-time low in 2025, largely thanks to medical advancements and public health efforts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The infant mortality rate in the United States rose in 2022, the first jump in 20 years, according to data released Thursday by ...

The infant mortality rate in the United States recently rose for the first time in two decades, according to a provisional report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National ...

The rate of infants who died before their first birthday increased 3% nationally and 2% in New York in 2022, the first U.S. increase in 20 years, according to preliminary federal data released ...

The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. White and Native American infants, infant boys and ...

“That the richest country on earth should not be a dangerous place to become a mother,” write Senators John Boozman and Cory ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Infant mortality in the U.S. dropped to a new all-time low in 2025, according to preliminary government data. There were slightly fewer than 5.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in ...

Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU discovered this improvement ...

The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% in 2022, the first year-to-year increase in 20 years, a Nov. 1 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health ...