National Center for Health Statistics
Coverage of National Center for Health Statistics in the Nexus archive.
- License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break the Law To Assist With Home Births
In Georgia and six other states, certified professional midwives who assist with home births are not licensed and may face legal consequences, despite a rising demand for their services. The number of intended home births increased by 42% nationally from 2020 to 2024. Midwifery advocates argue that regulating the practice with licenses would make home births safer.
- Fentanyl deaths could now cost drug dealers their lives under new GOP proposal
Rep. Chip Roy proposes a bill to allow the death penalty for those who knowingly distribute fentanyl resulting in death. The bill, named the Deal Death, Face Death Act, aims to crack down on narcotics distribution. Fentanyl deaths have trended downward in recent years, with nearly 48,400 Americans dying due to fentanyl poisoning in 2024.
- Fentanyl deaths could now cost drug dealers their lives under new GOP proposal
Rep. Chip Roy proposes a bill to allow the death penalty for those who knowingly distribute fentanyl resulting in death. The bill, named the Deal Death, Face Death Act, aims to crack down on narcotics distribution. Fentanyl deaths have trended downward in recent years, with nearly 48,400 Americans dying due to fentanyl poisoning in 2024.