Mary-Powel Thomas is the Director of the Citywide Doula Initiative and also the director of Healthy Start Brooklyn.

Black women in the United States continue to face disproportionately high risks during pregnancy and childbirth. They are two to three times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related ...

For Kailee Greenwood, doula work is not just a profession, it’s a calling. “I grew up here in Craig, and everything that I’d ...

Gikonyo founded a death doula school, where she educates others on how to provide crucial support via a certificate program.

More people are becoming registered doulas since Medicaid started covering these services, giving families more options and ...

Midwife DeShaun Desrosiers drew from her own traumatic birth experience to inspire her mission of training birth workers of ...

The Baby Fold's doula program is part of the nonprofit's Healthy Start Program, which assists new families from pregnancy ...

The proposal would make doulas who achieve certification through the state’s labor department reimbursable by Medicaid, the ...

Arkansas is at a crossroads when it comes to maternal health. With some of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in ...

In fact, from postpartum meal delivery services (check out Brooklyn-based Welcome Home) to new parent education classes and ...

HOUSTON, March 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Molina Healthcare of Texas ("Molina") recently announced its impact report for its doula expansion initiative, in partnership with the March of Dimes ...

Virginia Union University (VUU) students can become certified doulas on campus, making it the first historically Black ...