The overall death rate of children and adolescents in the United States increased 6.6% between 2020 and 2023, researchers reported on May 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Many of the top ...
Many Pennsylvania counties are failing to review the death of every child in their area, despite a 2008 state law that requires them to do so.
State officials will extend their oversight of Santa Clara County’s beleaguered child welfare agency in the wake of a 2-year-old’s tragic death in foster care, as local leaders expressed outrage and ...
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN HARRISON TOWNSHIP. POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A THREE YEAR OLD CHILD. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE TELL US EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO PINE ...
Fewer US women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year. The US Centers for Disease Control and ...
It took the better part of a century for maternal mortality to be recognized, forgotten, and finally recognized again as an urgent public health crisis in the United States. In contrast, research ...
Two weeks after the death of a San Jose toddler in foster care, Santa Clara County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas confronted top child welfare officials, demanding to know why they should keep their jobs ...