"If you focus on the mother, that trickles down to the children and the rest of the family unit," Mercy's chief medical ...

Taking that extra second to be aware of your surroundings can help save lives. Accidental overdoses have surpassed all other ...

Eboni Tomasek expected to take home her newborn the day after he was born in a San Jose hospital. But, without explanation, hospital staff said they needed to stay a second night. Then a third. A ...

Overall, 2679 pregnancy-related deaths could have been prevented if the national rate was reduced to the lowest state rate.

Advocates are warning lawmakers that the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will leave millions of pregnant Black women ...

For pregnant women at increased risk for preeclampsia, research says this is a way to reduce the chance of the complication ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women.

Doctors ignored her dangerous pregnancy complications. Now she’s developing "Pregnant and Black" to help other Black moms-to-be feel heard and supported.

It's Black Maternal Health Week, a national initiative to address disparities in maternal outcomes for Black women in the U.S ...

Preeclampsia is one of several potential causes of pregnancy-related complications and deaths. One mother suffered from it in ...

Virginia's updated health dashboards reveal a 50% drop in maternal mortality from 2021 to 2024. RICHMOND, Va. — New ...

New research shows the rate of women dying from pregnancy-related medical conditions has worsened in recent years. And Black ...