Shani Scott

Jan 14, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Melissa Clarke |Austin Cannon |Christina Kelly |Shani Scott

The United States is a global medical care leader in many aspects, including the development of new pharmaceuticals, acute stroke care, and cancer screening. Yet, despite our advances and wealth, we lead peer nations in maternal mortality and morbidity. While the vast majority of the nearly  in America every year do so without complications, maternal deaths have more than doubled over the past two decades.

Sep 24, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Alan Lindemann |Christina Kelly |Shani Scott |Jaime Bland

Our increasing maternal mortality rate is gathering attention both nationally and internationally. The U.S. is 33rd among developed nations, and the rate is increasing. Indeed, as Neel Shah notes:Americans today are 50 percent more likely to die in the period surrounding childbirth than their own mothers. In 1974, the U.S. maternal mortality rate was 9 per 100,000 live births. By 1980, the rate was 8 maternal deaths per 100,000 births.