This story has been updated to include additional comment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' most recent report put the U.S. maternal ...

Each year Health Affairs publishes retrospective National Health Expenditure (NHE) data from the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA) team at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS ...

As an editor and writer who has contributed to many national and local publications, Nicole Gregory enjoys communicating clearly on critical health topics so that readers can make informed choices for ...

Study: West Virginia ranks 8th nationally for pregnancy-related hypertension, with 2,160 cases per 100,000 women.

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In a groundbreaking development, medical statistics have collectively refused to continue reporting health disparities without systematic change, claiming they’re “tired of documenting the same ...

We have our work cut out for us. Indiana consistently ranks near the bottom of multiple national health statistics, including maternal deaths (42nd out of 51 states and Washington D.C.) and mental ...

Although considerable uncertainty remains, the COVID-19 pandemic and public health emergency are expected to continue to influence the near-term outlook for national health spending and enrollment.