Efforts to reduce Black maternal deaths in North Carolina face funding cuts, policy hurdles, and ongoing gaps in access to doula care.

New research points to potential links between racism, economic deprivation, and the elevated rates of maternal mortality ...

Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data published on Thursday. The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A report in the American Journal of Public Health looks at the link between abortion bans and pregnancy-associated or ...

When you're eager to build your family, welcoming a baby into the world should be filled with joy and relief—not overshadowed by fear or danger. Yet, many families in the U.S. are impacted by systemic ...

Maternal mortality rates are on the rise for all races in the United States and are strongly affected by the health of a woman before she conceives, a Texas advisory committee to the U.S Commission on ...

In a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates among wealthy nations, Black women are two-to-three times more likely to die in childbirth than their peers. Years of repeated attention ...

The United States has had the highest maternal mortality rate among income-comparable countries for years — and this remains the case. While campaigning for president in 2020, Joe Biden said he would ...

A text-based system to reach pregnant women and new mothers has proved successful in getting them health care, particularly ...