CDC puts the 2024 maternal mortality rate at 17.9 deaths per 100,000 births
The final federal count, published March 4, 2026, shows 649 maternal deaths and a rate statistically unchanged from 2023.
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Reporting on guideline revisions, drug approvals, safety warnings and newly published studies affecting women's care, each traced to the source document.
WIC is funded through September 2026, with produce benefits intact
Congress's November 2025 appropriations law preserved the fruit and vegetable benefit that a budget proposal had threatened to cut.
FDA removes boxed warnings from menopausal hormone therapy
The agency's November 2025 action also brought the first generic conjugated estrogens approval in more than 30 years.