The state Health Department has told hospitals to have guidelines in place to help them better recognize and treat conditions ...

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the ...

A CDC report shows postpartum depression affects about 1 in 8 women of reproductive age. 29-44% of Black women experience ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday announced legislation targeted at improving health outcomes for moms and babies. Why ...

While maternal deaths in the U.S. declined in 2023, Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white w ...

Black women in Pennsylvania are 2.3 times as likely as white women to face serious maternal health problems, according to a ...

The bill includes presumptive Medicaid eligibility, higher payments to doctors and hospitals — and, surprisingly, a provision ...

Black women in the U.S. face the highest maternal mortality rates, with D.C. experiencing a severe crisis with 90% of ...

President of Gender Equality at the Gates Foundation, discusses Tanzania's progress in reducing maternal and child mortality, ...

A mom's health during pregnancy is not likely to influence her child's risk of autism, a new study argues. Many previous ...

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.