Black Maternal Health Week is recognized each year from April 11-17 to bring attention and action in improving Black maternal ...

After performances in Indiana, Florida, and New Jersey, the new play “axes, herbs, and satchels: open the archives” is now on tour in New York City. The play, by theater group The Anthropologist, ...

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 ...

Before Black Maternal Health Week begins Saturday, we're discussing 13 alarming truths no one should ignore, & the policy gaps still failing Black moms.

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Too many new moms are dying in the U.S. Exactly how many, however, is harder to establish. After years of ...

The good news is that maternal mortality rates have declined overall. However, significant racial disparities persist, with Black women facing a risk of mortality that’s more than double that of White ...

Members of the Charleston County Public Library Board of Trustees are a dedicated group of volunteers who have served the county’s public library with integrity and commitment. The recent criticism of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year. The U.S. Centers for ...

Saturday marks the end of Black Maternal Health Week, a campaign started by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to raise ...

In a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates among wealthy nations, Black women are two-to-three times more ...

Doulas can help with shorter delivery times, fewer c-sections, and birth complications, and less time in the NICU.