Alabama maternal mortality

One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama is closing. The small, nonprofit Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in Clarke County will discontinue its labor and delivery services on Friday, Aug. 16 at the end of the business day.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the United States saw its first jump in infant mortality in twenty years. Alabama is among nineteen states that a report for the CDC says saw its rate of infant death increase significantly

Alabama Arise Action members are urging state lawmakers to close the Medicaid coverage gap in Alabama, which they say can save lives, create jobs and boost workforce participation in the Yellowhammer State. Activists with the nonprofit organization lobbied for the measure last week in Montgomery.

A report from the financial website WalletHub shows Alabama is one of the worst states for women in 2024. The Yellow Hammer State ranks in at No. 48 on the list.

Alabama health leaders have announced the state’s infant mortality rate has reached a historic low. This comes as the national infant mortality rate has risen for the first time in two decades. Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 infant births in the state.

Alabama had the highest rate of residents dying from pregnancy complications in the nation between 2018 and 2021. That’s according to an August report from the Milken Institute, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (The Birmingham News) — The Alabama state legislature has approved nearly half a million dollars to investigate deaths from childbirth…