The Yazoo Herald

Hyde-Smith, Cortez Masto Offer Bill to Expand Research on Infant Monitoring Technology to Combat SIDS/SUIDS

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), today introduced legislation to ...
News Medical

Infant mortality rate rises sharply when mothers experience pregnancy-associated death

A new study found that infant mortality rates in Massachusetts were 14 times higher among babies whose mother experienced a pregnancy-associated death than among babies whose mother survived pregnancy ...
The Republic

Committee scrutinizes state’s maternal, infant mortality rates

As Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates tick down, the work isn’t done for health care advocates seeking to improve the state’s outcomes. Over a dozen people spoke to the state’s Interim ...
WJTV on MSN

Mississippi starts campaign to reduce infant mortality rate

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) will launch the “Saving the Smallest” Infant Mortality Campaign on January 23, 2026, which is recognized as Maternal Health ...
The Yazoo Herald

MSDH Launches “Saving the Smallest” Infant Mortality Campaign

More babies are born preterm in Mississippi than anywhere else in the nation, and our infant mortality rate is significantly higher than the national average.