cdc mortality

‘The United States Has the Highest Maternal Mortality Rate of Any Developed Country’

Fact Checks, Viral Content / By Kim LaCapria / June 27, 2022

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, popular posts claimed that the United States had the highest rate of maternal mortality among developed nations.

Leading Cause of Death in Children Since 2020

Fact Checks, Viral Content / By Kim LaCapria / May 25, 2022

After a May 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, a popular tweet claimed that guns had become the leading cause of death in children and teens in the United States as of 2020.