Yaya DaCosta, a doula since 2010, is hosting the Black Maternal Health Festival online. The event aims to educate women about ...

After a lifetime of believing she would never be able to carry a child, a woman gave birth to a healthy baby following a womb transplant.

"I live on permanent anti allergy meds bc my three cats are more worth it than my respiratory system," one user said in the comments.

Nowhere in the United States has a larger share of women giving birth at 40 or older than the Bay Area, according to data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The hot spot is Marin ...

It is Black Maternal Health Week, and an Oklahoma group is dedicated to fixing disparities in health care for Black pregnant women.

It’s Black Maternal Health Week in Michigan. Now through Thursday, state and local leaders are raising awareness about the challenges Black families face during pregnancy.

Mass General emergency medicine director Dr. Ali Raja explains a study that found a high mortality rate amongst women months after giving birth.

The maternal mortality crisis gets the spotlight—but what about the Black women who survive childbirth, yet lose a part of themselves in the process?

Arika Trim of Prince George’s County, Maryland, died as Black mothers-to-be are three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes as white women.

Baby William's arrival took place in the car park of an Asda store in Scotland A newborn baby made a surprising arrival in a ...

Advocates and health care leaders joined lawmakers Monday morning at the Capitol to recognize Black Maternal Health Week, which started Friday.

Researchers found the risk is heightened by both gestational diabetes​, which can develop during pregnancy, and pre-existing Type 2 diabetes.​ ...